I enrolled, stayed two years, and by 1985 was painting full-time. Later, in 1992, I added printmaking to painting. There's symmetry in that, I think, my having been in the printing business all those years. I use lots of bright, undiluted primary and secondary colors, and sometimes my paintings are compared in manner to the expressionists. There was a time when I was timid about color, and when I finally opened up, I really opened up.
People say they see a cartooning influence, and that's accurate, too . .
When you mix it all up, I'm not sure where I fit in the spectrum. I don't think so. I live in California and most of my travel has been in the West, and naturally that influences my perspective. I see myself as painting the American scene, my part of it anyway. The subjects I choose range from landscape to animals to musicians to street scenes.