My abstract paintings evoke the geological and cosmic forces of nature by the use of many layers of acrylics, pencil, gouache, paper, gold and silver leaf, copper, metal powders, sand, and synthetic resins. I use color to capture the sentiment and mood of evolving atmospheres, and natural phenomena. I make linear and organic lines to parallel forms and impressions I perceive from nature. Shapes that repeat in my works are also drawn from observing nature, and interpreting how things may have formed in the distant past.