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I enjoy creating with bright colors. I use acrylic, oil and oil pastel in my work. My paintings often depict animals, fish or birds in space. I also create abstract paintings with complementary colors and lines. These works are often painted on a large scale to further emphasize the subjects’ personalities. The character of these creatures is emphasized by the size and scale of the work.

In these works, every so often, I invert colors in areas of the paintings to create a sense of tension. For example, a fish may be in both blue water and magenta water simultaneously. The materials I paint with create different effects. Acrylic paint creates transparency and movement. Oil paint creates depth and luminosity. The final mark on the canvas is the oil pastel mark — a mark that, once made, cannot be taken back. That becomes the final punctuation mark of a painting.

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