2008

Last week I gave an art talk at Southern Utah University.

I talked about where my artwork began and where it is going.

While preparing for this talk I had the chance to look back at

myself and my work.

This is a self portraite I did in Canada in 1998.

I did this painting as I was struggling to find who I was as an artist.

Was I going to be an figuritive painter or would I alow myself to look

at the possibility of abstraction.

What a turning point that was for me, to look outside of what I knew and was comfortable with and explore.

What a great way to start 2008 by remembering where I started.