Profile #1 black dancers " The movement

" The movement

I experimented with these paper flowers as a mixed media enhancement

That achieving the obstacle is more urgent and pressing than the fear of failure or even death

has such an enormous impact on how you see and move through the world

Profile #1 black dancers " The movement5x5 mixed media on wood panel Portraits are a gateway to the soul. These paintings in the Profile series will offer a glimpse into my creative process. Though I often use references for my paintings, I rarely, if ever, seek to reproduce what I see. Rather the goal is to reproduce what I feel or, more pointedly, what the reference inspires me to feel. And that feeling often changes as the portrait emerges. References of babies morph into mothers, the