My drawings and paintings are made within a concept in which I endeavor to relate life experience—remembered, imagined or observed--to the experience of people involved in active creative expression. This is done currently through images of people involved in Blues, R&B, and classical music.

My work now starts with an “intuitive mark;” images suggested by the form and movement of that mark are the starting point for larger works. My aim is to further the concept as I also try to stay with the truth of the mark and its dynamics, while developing the image using all that I’ve learned of the classical elements of visual expression. The spirit of the Blues and Soul music seems to fit well within my concept right now. As the images arise to express an appreciation of the power of deep artistic focus, I consider music's relation to human spiritual strength. I hope to create visual work that comments on and approaches the effectiveness of African American musical expression in this realm. As I continue, other related but less explicit, more metaphorical, images arise, and I follow them where they take me. My goal is to stay with my concept and achieve a statement that is visually and personally true.

My creative visual work has continued while I’ve also been busy with all the activism, teaching, and other endeavors, studying, designing and marketing jewelry in the 90’s, then operating my jewelry repair/redesign service, still serving my established clients and referrals. Now I am happy to spend most of my time drawing and painting, and working on expressing my artistic concept.