I am an American artist who recently returned to the Midwest after living in Germany for the past three decades. During this time my figurative and landscape paintings were exhibited in over 10 countries. As an artist my inclination has always been to paint my impressions of the moments I observe around me - in whatever land I happen to be in at the time.

My inclination has always been to look for common denominators in human experience, hoping that my paintings of individual lives will reference the experiences of others. Perhaps, if I paint well enough, the people and places I have known will become metaphors for people and places everywhere, provoking those deeply intuitive responses in our memory that remind us all of our commonality. When this happens, it can only be a gift - that special gift that is uniquely characteristic of art.