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I find my deepest artistic and personal satisfaction in exploring the world of the spirit through the images found in nature. Too often paintings of flora are conceived and executed in only the most superficial and decorative manner. I find the world of plants awesome in the truest sense. There is mystery and spirituality on the forest floor and at the edge of the lake. In this single subject matter I see the full range of human emotion regarding the eternal cycle of birth and death. Artistically, I feel most closely allied with the German Romantic painters. While my subject matter is more intimate, I feel a strong companionship with their ideology; a deep respect for their use of nature as a mirror of the human spiritual condition. I paint to redefine the vision of my viewers. I ask them to open their eyes to the intensity of the cycle of life implicit in even its' smallest part.