Abstract landscape and still life are my main focus, using various printmaking techniques. Rhythm, repetition and spatial ambiguity are important compositional elements I try to integrate into my work. I am particularly influenced by the emotional, moving landscapes of German expressionist Emil Nolde, the spiritual transcendental landscape photographs of Eliot Porter and the beautiful application of color in Georgia O'Keefe's southwestern landscapes.

Most recently I have been studying Asian woodcuts, admiring their distinctive colors as well as their calligraphic lines. These woodcuts have inspired me to make relief intaglio prints, using a dremel to carve plastic, plywood and masonite plates for the intagilo and a large roller for the relief backgrounds.

I love photographing the extraordinary natural wonders in our National Parks. By cropping through the viewfinder of my camera I am able to create abstract landscapes, whether by magnifying a tiny crevice in a rock into a monumental canyon or shrinking a river into a line. These photographs serve as references but ultimately I rely on my memory and inner feelings, which I refer to as my "introspective outlook."

It was Emile Zola who once said, "A work of art is a detail of nature seen through a temperament." I hope my treatment of nature portrays imagination, drama and spirituality as seen through my use of line, color, texture and movement.

My printing studio is in my home in Plano, Texas.

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