Why music, you ask? Both music and art have been a driving force throughout my life, and combining the two passions into a series of artworks is a natural extension for me. I have created a unique style, an original voice, through my art and this journey is my mission in life.

I gained a greater understanding and appreciation of music’s history after moving to Mississippi, the birth of the blues, in Bay St. Louis, near New Orleans the birth of jazz. In the south music envelopes life, and here I find a huge well of inspiration. My mind is constantly filled with imagery as I listen to music, enjoying the energy and rhythms. My love of music is expressed as the pure joy of sound, through textures, line, shape and color, advancing and receding interweaving to form rhythmically constructed compositions on canvas. Relaying the pure love for life, these abstractions address that movement with a daring and dramatic flair. Over the years my images have become more abstract reflecting the complexity of the image, realizing that it’s not just the subject but also it’s essence that relays the message.

Blues Series is a visualization of blues music. “To me in the truest sense of form, the blues are a rebirth. They are the response to the struggles in life and extracting the best from it, finding a way to survive in the midst of pure despair – in short, making lemon cream pie from lemons.” And in keeping with the true sense of “the blues” these works are constructed, deconstructed, and then reconstructed weaved into multiple-layers incorporating found objects and architectural elements. These works are very personal revealing parts of my heritage, my personal experiences, and of course my pure love of the harmonies and expressions of the musicians. Suffering gives rise to creativity.

The Jazz Series is a visualization of jazz music. In creating jazz, improvisation is a definitive hallmark. Each piece is an experiment exploring problems and in the truest sense an improvisation, allowing the art to progress extemporaneously on its own – taking shape and coming alive full of energy.

Rhythm and Hues series are works celebrating improvisation in the musical moment. These performance works are created with the time of flowing rhythms during concerts and musical performances.

“Have you listened to any great art lately?”