I am completely captivated by people, absorbed by portraits and the figure. Whether just for my own enjoyment or for private commission, I love to use my brush and paints to creatively capture a likeness. I like to make marks with my paint, rather than try for a photographic smoothness, but regardless, the end result should be an accurate observation, created with painterly expressive marks. In my life drawing, I also love to explore mark making - building up my drawing with a complex pattern of marks and varied line. From time to time I vary my subject matter with a landscape or some equestrian art, but people remain my true obsession.