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Rugged Mountainside is an abstract watercolor based on a craggy mountainside in Zion National Park. You can see the various rock shapes, colors, and jumbled positions of these rocks. Do you see a road or path to the top? Brown with earth tones give this a warm feeling. But, I also see an owl; basketballs, fried eggs. What do you see?

Haiku/
There was no guidebook
The road long, steep, treacherous
And so they got lost

Stumbling as they went
Falling, grasping, wondering
Where were they going?

My fascination with patterns stems from my love of numbers. While mathematics has been integral in my working career in finance, my other love is painting. My subject matter is inspired by photographs taken by friends and family. I see a photograph in terms of color, line and geometry. These qualities appeal to my sense of order and design (my fascination with numbers translated into art). There are times when a single photograph and the resulting abstract painting leads to another path -- and another painting -- and sometimes a third or fourth version from the same photo. When I draw something, I start with the shapes and then I add the color. After that, and as I move along, I look for balance of shapes and balance of color and...