Although I've had a lifelong interest in art, I only started to paint in 2008. I'm self-taught. My favorite artists are Willem DeKooning, Melville Price, Nicolas de Stael, Michael Goldberg, Joan Mitchell, Ralph Turturro, Iain Robertson, Robert Rauschenberg, & Julian Schnabel.

Sept. 2009--Emerging Artist exhibition, Artworks Around Town, Wheeling WV

Currently exhibiting @ Artworks Around Town, Wheeling WV

All art is self-portraiture.

I agree with the critic who said that art does not have to be "about" anything other than the process of it's own creation. 

"I rarely want to know what's in the artist's mind. Finding out what an artist thinks about his art is nowhere near as exciting as finding out what it means to you." - David Bowie