I create landscapes from life and I also paint the faces of those around me.  When we look at a landscape, or a face, we can look not how things ARE, but how they CAN be. We can - if we choose to - look beyond the surface of a persons face and connect with the invisible part... the eternal part of their soul. I hope to make that connection with my paintings and with that part of the human heart that longs to make more of life than is presented on the surface. It is like the surface of the ocean. I am glad to be near the ocean when I can. It is when we take our first steps into the ocean that we begin our move into deeper waters. Walking along that edge is a great metaphor for that threshold-of our-outer-life that we experience with others, and the inner-spiritual-life. It is one that is harder to perceive, but has a depth and mystery and a reality that is pure and unavoidable none-the-less. It is here that I want to meet.