My favorite quote is by Claude Monet when he says “Everyone discusses my art and pretends to understand as if it were necessary to understand, when it is simply necessary to love!” This captures the essence of why I paint – it’s to record the fleeting moment of joy at the sight of nature and color- there is beauty everywhere and I am on a mission to take it from “reel” to “real-like” one oil painting at a time!

My favorite quote is by Claude Monet when he says “Everyone discusses my art and pretends to understand as if it were necessary to understand, when it is simply necessary to love!” This captures the essence of why I paint – it’s to record the fleeting moment of joy at the sight of nature and color- there is beauty everywhere and I am on a mission to take it from “reel” to “real-like” one oil painting at a time!