Art Spirit

The works on paper are painted with acrylic paint using drawing and cut paper. The work is a prayer, a moment in time and a bringing together of a personal/ universal visual language from the landscape, the natural world. The images of the natural world, which are cut into the painted surface.

"Do not fail to do something everyday, for no matter how little, it will do you a world of good." Cennino Cennini I'm making a drawing each day for a year. Here are the rules: I have to make a drawing each day. That's it ... no more rules then that.

The following album is a collection of selected student works in progress and completed. We always have a great time in the studio/classroom. At times, it feels like walking through mud ... but when we arrive we all celebrate , sometimes quietly, the challenges that we faced and moved confidently through.

It is hard to pin point any one artist that has influenced my practice , my vision . I always joke that it was the sisters at St. Anne's Catholic Church Saturday art classes that influenced my start. On the following pages is a "living" list of images that have come along to influence to generate ideas and to create approaches.