Painting has been my passion from as far back as I can remember and has continued to define my path. My style has evolved through a convoluted journey of learning by trial and error. Although there are a nearly infinite variety of technical skills one can learn, I have always been more concerned with simply enjoying myself than with trying to be a "good" or "technical" artist. My studies of science, particularly on a molecular level, have inspired me to portray events in nature the way I believe they truly exist - as cascading elements of a much larger and more elaborate system. From Gaia to the genome, I attempt to paint people as tangible extensions of a living, breathing environment, and vice versa.