Creating art is something that I picked up as a three year old and never put down. Growing up, I always knew that this is what I was meant to do with my life. The older I got, my priorities never changed.

During college is when I first began my study of the non-objective abstraction. My whole concept in working with this style is that I'm painting a visual structure that has never been seen before, out of elements that may be recognizable. I am inventing an image that has never existed. My compositions are based from letters, but the "recognizable elements" that I borrow from are basically computer components.

I loved this style from the beginning; I felt absolute creative freedom and I knew that this was where I wanted to make my mark. But I also knew that to be truly in command of the canvas, I wanted to be skilled in all styles of painting. Studying realism became a necessity.

Working with Still Lifes, Landscapes, Fauvism, Impressionism; all of these contributed to my talent for abstract painting. However, I think the most important thing that I learned from working in all styles is the blending and mixing of color. Color makes all the difference in a non-objective abstraction. It opens up depth, dimensions, emotions... the more color the better! Color also teaches you control. People have this misconception that all abstract painters simply throw paint on a canvas; and some do. But my paintings REALLY ARE something, and it takes control and order to harness all that color and energy into a believable image.

I want the viewers to decide for themselves what they see - I want them to use their imaginations. My challenge and my joy is my art. All I work for is to be able to press the envelope of what "a controlled, sophisticated abstraction" can be.