First of all, I do this for me! I create because I love it and frankly I have no choice in the matter. It is something I must do. It is a need, a drive that must be satisfied. My work is often hard edged because I like images to be well defined and, it has been influenced by my travels to Europe, Africa, Asia, the Middle East, South America, the Caribbean and the American west. None of my work is sketched or preplanned. I may appear to simply start but only because I have been jarred out of the day-to-day world by an intriguing idea that won t go away. For me, light and color create an intimate dance.I am influenced by the senses, all of them. A good meal can inspire as well as a fine sculpture or a fabric's weave. Touch, sight, sound, taste and smell all reach me and stir my imagination. I believe art should stir the senses, delight the eye and intrigue the mind. I follow the spirit of Sankofa, reaching back into the past to find a memory, bring it forward to inform my art and make it new. Art and beauty are multidimensional; you only need to see the possibilities. They are truly in the eye of the beholder and, I have tried to see them wherever I turn.