My portrait painting flows from the Hebraic teaching that the Creator sang creation into being. I am captivated by the idea that my portraits and paintings can harmonize with that creative chorus. As a result, I find deep satisfaction in my work when it honors the value of the individual, captures their likeness in oil paint, and holds its own as a quality composition. My goal in portrait painting is to usher people toward not just the subject’s personality, but also what their significance is to me. If a person has left an imprint on my life, I feel inspired to pass it forward onto a painted canvas. In a culture where our fidgety focuses rarely pause long enough to behold the beauty in the humanity around us, I consider it a win whenever a painting serves as an introduction to a human life – whether it is somebody I know, a historical figure, or even a character from fiction. Capturing a glimpse of that life in oil paint brings me life personally, and it keeps me creating again and again.