I slowly came to realize how even my technique is a way to explore the relationship between opposing realms. When finished, the artwork is mounted on a cradled board, varnished, framed and shown without glass. The heat helps soften or melt the waxy pigments so they can be easily manipulated and blended in a painterly fashion. I alternate between working on cool and warm paper using the heated drawing board I invented. My process consists of a combination of drawing and painting. I choose to create with wax and oil pastels and colored pencils for their directness and simplicity. The interplay between these realms is an endless source of inspiration for me. Realism evolves into abstraction and the ordinary becomes extraordinary. Water transforms everything it touches: hard lines become soft, warm colors cool, solid shapes break down into parts. I marvel at how a flower can take on a new identity when floating below the surface and I strive to capture its ever-changing shape. I relish the contrast between a solid rock above the surface and its restless reflection below the realistic depiction of a floating daisy versus its abstract, refracted counterpart. In the last several years I have been painting flowers and rocks and their interaction with water. I study them above and below the surface, and observe how their visual characteristics change and relate to each other.
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