Through this process, every print becomes a truly one-of-a-kind image, or artwork, rather than part of a traditional edition. One-of-a-kind anything matters to me because I value the inherent warmth to be found in unique objects and experiences.

For the past fifteen years, I have focused primarily on enduring and familiar subjects — mother and child, nudes, portraits and self-portraits, family, and other
intimate human themes. My intent is to create these “classic” subjects as fresh, contemporary, and psychologically evocative.

The influences propelling my monoprints include Japanese block prints, photographs of bog people, organic forms and colors found in nature (particularly Florida and the Midwest), and the work of Egon Schiele and Alice Neal. I am also inspired by the distinctive colors and compositions found in Dick, Jane, and Sally book illustrations from the 1960s and 1970s. Yet, thinking of a line from a Pink Panther movie and the name of an REM album, everything really does seem to be part of life’s rich pageant.