Being an artist means embarking on an ongoing quest for self-exploration. We often create representations of our observations, showcasing our ability to portray scenes in captivating ways that resonate with others.

Some artists illustrate what they see, revealing intricate details that might otherwise go unnoticed, or, through their distinctive styles, evoke emotions and memories in those who experience their work.

While I occasionally paint what I observe, my perspective tends to diverge from the conventional.  When working on a landscape, I do aim for recognizability, so I must have a plan and a composition, creating numerous thumbnails and mini sketches to achieve the desired balance and perspective. I determine whether it will depict a day or night scene, the mood it will convey, the base color of the canvas, and the colors I will use to evoke the right feeling.  I enjoy incorporating abstract expressions of the Milky Way and sometimes feature the moon in its current phase, along with a planet or two visible in the sky at the time of painting.

. There is a saying that suggests:

• Engineering is applied physics
• Design is applied psychology
• Fine art is applied philosophy

However, I wouldn't label my work as fine art; that title feels too lofty for my pursuits. Instead, I view my art as applied ideas. My fascination lies in science, infinity, mythology, and nature, and I strive to convey these discoveries, theories, stories, and wonders through my paintings. 

A sense of fulfillment arises when a painting reflects my true self through its colors, forms, and intricate details. It feels like gazing into a mirror of my inner essence, a reflection of authenticity. If only I could define that essence, I would replicate it time and again, yet it remains elusive. I continually strive to reveal aspects of myself yet unknown to me.

The question I ask myself more than any other is ‘what are you trying to say’ and ‘what should people understand from your abstract paintings?’ Poet Mark Strand says:-

“We’re only here for a short while. And I think it’s such a lucky accident, having been born, that we’re almost obliged to pay attention. We are — as far as we know — the only part of the universe that’s self-conscious. We could even be the universe’s form of consciousness. We might have come along so that the universe could look at itself. I don’t know that, but we’re made of the same stuff that stars are made of, or that floats around in space. But we’re combined in such a way that we can describe what it’s like to be alive, to be witnesses. Most of our experience is that of being a witness. We see and hear and smell other things. I think being alive is responding.”

Because of television and news media, we are all bearing witness to the destruction of natural resources, habitats and our fellow living creatures on an unconscionable scale. For the past 5 years, I have been creating paintings about endangered animal species, the beauty of the universe and of the building blocks of life that are common to us all. My voice is small but I am responding in the only way I know how in the hope that more of us can turn away from consumerism and xenophobia, and focus on caring for this unique rock of ours.

The precise role of the artist, then, is to illuminate that darkness, blaze roads through that vast forest, so that we will not, in all our doing, lose sight of its purpose, which is, after all, to make the world a more human dwelling place - James Baldwin