Thank you so much for the chance to display my work. It is the first time I have shown most of these to anyone other than friends or family. Each work represents a time when I felt love for the subject, total absorption in the process, and delight in the outcome. I have no illusions about being an edgy artist or anything like that. I just enjoy myself. Painting is my response to the beauty and creativity I see around me. I am self-taught and have to admit that I struggle with the medium of oil paint and getting the composition just right. But that's ok; its all good!