San Miguel Art magazine/ JUNE 17 | Page 8

Painting is my passion, my life. Seller. through in your work, and that  emotion is what the viewer connects with.  The more one works, the more the emotion is evident.  Painting is a lonely profession, but in the long run, it is a force of communication that speaks to the observer. I must be inspired in order to begin a painting, and once I start, it draws me back until I finish it.  I  am lucky enough to have a studio on the rooftop  of our home, full of light and wonderful views of the church and surrounding areas.  In the spring, all is interspersed with the gorgeous color of the jacarandas. What defines me as a painter are my surroundings.  The ability to continue to see