As an artist and an art instructor, I believe art to be something that displays creative ideas and planning and can also express a person’s inner feelings or intentions.  I feel my work is part of who I am and is my way to let out my creativity and emotions.   My style has changed through the years from all realistic, to abstract and non-objective and back to a more photorealistic style.  As far as my style goes,  I have found something I enjoy but can still loosened up and be free to pursue my own desires.

Within the past few years or so, my personal work has included mainly plants and animals with the occasional odd ball.  I do many other works of art for the classroom that are on an elementary level, I love to challenge my students and encourage creativity in their lives. Mostly I feel that art must be a show of talent, but without knowledge of medium, styles, and basic art concepts like composition and color, talent means next to nothing.  In the art I create I try to combine the knowledge I have gathered with talent.   I think that exploring with ideas, media, or anything, is a big portion of being an artist, part of forming who you are, and creating your own style.