I paint what I fall in love with.  I always fall in love with what I paint.  Making art, for me, is expressing the incredible sexy fullness of life as it presents in the smallest of flowers or largest of landscapes.  What I seek is truth in my work - meaning a true expression of that person..... flower...... bowl of fruit .....  

I enjoy working in clay as much as painting and often long to get back to it when I am immersed in a painting series.  Similarly, when I am working on a clay sculpture or a group of clay pieces, I long to get back to painting. 

Fundamentally, I just like to work with my hands. 

Once I have completed a piece, I am often amazed that it was me who created it.