I enjoy every aspect of printmaking from the technical planing and processes right through to the surprise ending. My primary objective is to reconnect with childlike joy and wonder and share that joy in the prints that I create. Even when representing actual places, the visual is primarily an emotional re-imagination of the scene and the colors are exaggerated to evoke the feeling of the light in the southwest.

My grade school years were spent in Espanola, New Mexico, so I am quite comfortable with vast emptiness and many subtle shades of brown. The Santa Clara reservation was just beyond our back yard fence, so I spent a lot of time exploring under a huge sky with long views off to the distant mountains. We frequently visited the pueblo itself, as well as visiting the Bandelier National Monument pueblo and cave dwelling ruins. I cannot claim to be very knowledgeable about the pueblo culture, but I still have a strong emotional attachment to my impressions of the culture.

The rest of my life has been spent in Denver, Colorado. getting into the mountains as often as possible. Still experiencing lots of space and big skies, but now collecting blues and greens and yellows to accompany the reds and browns of New Mexico.