I am also asked a lot about my use of bright colors. I like to use color to narrate emotions and to illustrate psychological changes, self-confrontations and transformations. Just as with our growth processes, color is subjectively perceived by each beholder. I don't believe the colors of nature to be tranquil and easy, but all immodest, visible and intense. I tend to choose subject matter from the 'underground world' that makes most of us squirm.
Reptiles are a favorite.
The amphibian of land and water is also a repeated symbol and not only represents the metamorphosis of our being, but aptly represents the struggle of head versus heart. Addressing worlds we rarely face, perspective is distorted. Nothing is clear. Perceptions are left to choice and opinion. With a heavy influence in drawing, I've found line to be an apt expresser of passion and emotion.