I want my paintings to evoke emotion and cuiosity in the observer. Rather than overt representation to evoke these emotions, I prefer more covert images that cause the observer to meditate on the painting and extract their own meaning.

While driving through the countryside, or walking in the woods, often a scene strikes me as potential for a painting. My desire is not simply to repoduce the scene but evoke the same emotions as I experienced when I first saw it.

My first profession was architecture. Since childhood, I have been fascinated by various styles and works of architecture. As a child I sketched castles, as a teenager I scoured books on architectural history and majored in architecture at Cornell. After practicing the profession for eleven years, I accepted the call to ministry. Wherever I have served, whether in the States or in Indonesia, I have always been drawn to traditional styles of architecture.