As a painter, I want to portray the lifestyles of ordinary people doing ordinary things. In today’s society, our world has become smaller and more complex. We see things through the eyes of politicians, good and bad leaders, and the complexity of politics and wars going on all over the world. We are bombarded by pictures over our televisions and the internet; voices over our radios and photos in our papers - "the good, bad and ugly". I am committed to preserving my own images, my memories and my observations of the world around me by putting them on canvas with oils and on paper with oil pastels. I will do this with respect and love for all the people I have met during my own travels. I will also have the joy of reliving those special moments.