I try to create a story of visual as well as mental thoughts, an inside look into the lives of the people of a time gone by. I enjoy the challenge of capturing shapes, textures and design, making certain my research for the costumes, characters and backgrounds are as technically correct as possible. Sometimes this requires intensive searching into libraries and museums or antique shops throughout the country.

I try to imagine the personalities of each of the characters before I start to paint. I think of what life was like in their place and time, then I sit down and put it all together to create what I have visualized in my mind. I try to find what is best of the old and bring it to life in my art. I am fascinated by the lure of the past, another place, another way of life and I hope I can show this with a one-act, one-scene, one moment look back in time. I endeavor through my art to bring to you, the viewer, a glance into yesterday, perhaps a tranquil moment or just a gentle pause in life.