The majority of my artwork comes about through the wielding
of my ink pen on a blank sheet of paper, although I love the lushness
of color and paint itself, and occasionally indulge in a painting.  The
essence of my work is the spontaneous creativity I am involved in
during it's formation. That is why the drawing media is most appropriate to
me - a painting relies more heavily on some planning, some vision of
how it will complete itself and how the colors will play on one another. 
As I begin a drawing, no matter it's size or how ambitious, I allow
personal influences and reactions to a given photograph or image (my
'subject') to guide it's recreation on my page.  Sometimes the interest is
inherent in the expression or pose of the subject. Other times through
its multiplication or repetition the meaning is expanded or changed.
Once a drawing or painting begins to project a definite mood or present
unique possibilities, I begin making decisions as to the best solutions
to express whatever is emerging. While I explore many formal elements -
space, contrast, texture, etc. - continually in my work, the use of the
human element allows it to surpass a formalistic or aesthetic exercise.
I like to believe that each viewer has a personal and possibly unique
reaction to each of my drawings or paintings; much as they would when
meeting a new person, or studying a stranger in public. I can begin to
suggest something more sometimes through the use of a title, but I really
would rather the viewer create their own story.