one of the things i love most about painting is that i have absolutely no fear with anything.  i can work for hours on a painting,...days, months....but if i don't feel it anymore, i have no fear in painting over it to create what my heart is feeling..  i think most of my work really has become paintings on top of paintings.  it is amazing to me because the brushes and canvas are the only place where i feel that comfortable to do such a thing.  there is no hesitation.  and it makes me feel empowered and confident in what i feel deep within.  i am not the best artist in the world and may not even be that good at creating it, but i thank whoever gave me the gift to want to do it.  we are all truly blessed to have art in our lives, whether we see it or not, but i find myself more and more thankful everyday for it.  to quote one of my favorite movies, dead poets socirty, "but only in their dreams can men truly be free, 'twas always thus, and always thus will be." my dreams lie within little tubes of paint and i am happy that all i have to do is screw open a little cap to let them out.... 

for quite some time now, i have been intrigued by 4-letter words,  the good ones and the bad ones.  in creating a list of words that fit this category, i have contemplated the different meanings and connotations that we get from them.  pretty much all of the art in the "current" section, has been inspired by some of these 4-letter words.  i have not chosen to provide the words that inspired each artwork as i feel it might be interesting for the viewer to interpret and decide for their own self what word best matches each vision. 

as with everything in my world, this theme and these paintings and drawings are works in progress.  i just choose to share themn at interesting stopping points.  all are subject to change as i believe that they are never truly finished and they will change as life does.