
I am often asked where I get ideas for my paintings. The truth is, I don't always know. Really, I don't. I have give the credit to "random neural firing" for these ideas. It seems as if that is a good explanation as any. Sometimes, I have no idea what I want to create. And, then I look and see the final product. I am unaware of time and can't tell you how long such episodes last. My latest watercolor is called Flower in Africa. I can tell you that when I started it, I had no idea of what was going to come out. I had no notion of using a giraffe, a woman or flower let alone the idea of the woman standing in the center of the flower that has grown tall in the sky. In some ways, it is frightening. What do my painting say about me? I don't know that either. I just fear the day when nothing will happen when I don't have any idea of what to create. Until then, I just enjoy the process and I hope you like the result.