I am cheap. When I see something I really like, it usually costs more than I want to pay. I then think, “how can I make it myself and make it as well as the artisan”? This led me to Langara to learn how to make my own work sing.
I like to work outdoors from the real thing. I think Nature does it best. I like playing with colour while maintaining the proper values because things have to make sense to the viewer. I prefer to make art by my own hand. I like to find simple, eloquent examples of human activity and nature together and tell those stories. I try to choose a theme common to many people, keeping the details down, so that the viewer experiences the work in their own way and maybe even extrapolates their own story.