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"All men's miseries derive from not being able to sit in a quiet room alone." --Blaise Pascal This large painting is of the wing back chair that sits in the corner of my mom's living room where I snapped the photo reference. Caught in a yin-yang sea of cool and warm light, the chair sits vacant and still, like an empty canoe at dawn, docked against a back lit window that laps cool waves of early morning light against its sides. In a battle for dominance and balance, the table lamp to the right, casts its baited hooks of warm golden highlights designed to lure and reel you in for the catch. This seat beckons, kick off your shoes and sit right down. Simply be and listen for a quiet moment or two, not with the mind but with ears of the heart. This tiny minnow-of-a-habit built into each and every day reaps a bounty you'll never throw back. Thanks for bobbing by today!

"I am a graphic designer and contemporary impressionist oil painter of what I call, not-so-still life. Life never sits still; it is a living organism of energy and light spinning in perpetual motion. Energy extends beyond visual boundaries of shape to connect and dance with all that surrounds. My objective is a portrayal of the movement and sense of spirit. I find joy in simple ordinary things around me, and am fascinated by the play of light, shadow and reflections of color. I work in contemplative solitude to hear all that is being revealed by a subject. My paintings are painted wet-on-wet in bold loose brush stokes, laying down one delicious spot or note of color or tone of color, one next to another until they merge into a...