A little wild.
A lot of heart.

I keep my eyes open. When another artist is exploring something I’ve wanted to express, I pay attention to the shapes, colors, and contrasts. It might be a mural, a painting I see in person, or something online. When I can, I save a photograph. I carry those impressions with me until a picture of my own begins to take shape.

Sometimes that happens in a day. Sometimes it takes months or even years. Once the image comes together in my mind, I try to bring it into a painting. I’m self-taught, and what appears on the canvas doesn’t always look exactly like what I imagined. I keep working until it expresses what I wanted to say.

New Mexico and my medical background find their way into my work. I’m especially drawn to hearts, but to other organs too: how they sustain life, and how they can come to life in a painting. Every piece carries a story.

Three early paintings were made for my office: the brain and lungs, the pregnant woman with her baby, and the baby in the womb. They were simple beginnings, but they represented who I am, what I love, and what I do. The work has grown from there.