“Everybody needs beauty,” said the naturalist John Muir, and it is the natural beauty of California that inspires my artwork. My work honors this special place and its unique light and color. My painting expresses the spiritual connection we have with nature, through the harmony of color and shape. My hope is that the viewer will ener the painting where the tangible will transform to a timeless experience- the work of art as meditation. It is my goal to foster the preservation and care of our natural resources so that ll people find places such as Muir did, “where nature may heal and give strength to body and soul alike.”