“When I arrived in the US, with little money to buy art supplies, I was open to embracing a new way of creating art by re-using the piles of paper stuffed in my mailbox daily.”

“I think of illustration as flattened theatre. I am the director, choreographer, and technical designer all in one stroke.”

“I love sharing other artists work and seeing the way they contribute to the urban landscape. We’re all in this together and we have to work together and support each other to keep the creative movement alive.”

“My work is elemental and a direct visual record of the process. I also hope it inspires someone else to create, or starts a conversation about art, music or film.”

“I consider myself an abstract artist even if my work is representational. When looking at nature, I find abstract shapes and forms that I could have never invented on my own.”

“My hope is to entertain and amuse while still expressing something of the human condition.”

“Art is therapy wrapped in love.”

“I believe that abstraction touches one's subconscious - it is an unplanned event.”

“Color play can be very much like music if the passages carry the eye around the painting in a good way.”

“I’ve always viewed the surfaces of my pieces as a documentation of myself. The images represent both the mundane and important things in my life.”

“I just try to be the teacher I would want as a student.”

“I think my art reflects my interest in and my need to communicate about both the wonders and the mysteries of this experience we call Life.”

“When I make art, it is hard for me to not reference my own experience as the subject matter.”

“When I paint, I know I’m saying something to myself. But, if it also says something to the viewer, I’ve achieved my goal.”

“The biggest success I’ve had, has been the blending of my artistic life with my family life.”

“Watercolor will body slam you to the ground more often than not!! But occasionally, one will work…you hit a home run!”

“I can’t remember when I didn’t appreciate the beauty of nature surrounding me.”

“Each major exhibition is a new lesson in creative problem-solving; curating a show stretches my abilities as a designer, scholar, educator, project-planner, collaborative thinker, manager, communicator, and handler of heavy yet delicate objects.”