I have been interested in the art of painting from a very young age. I am currently enrolled at Houston Community College, Stafford.

I call my paintings "abstract realism." I paint objects in a fairly realistic manner but the objects are not doing what they would normally do.

I enjoy contrast. Contrast in color, texture. Take Grandma's Plates. You can tell that they are plates but plates don't float and are not hugged by metal chains.

In 13 Unruly Pitchers the pitchers are escaping their cabinet confinement and the chain is gathering them up. The contrast of hard chain versus delicate clay or china or glass . . the background color contrasting with the chain color . . .

Included in the abstract is the chain. In each painting, the chain has a different "personality." In 13 Unruly Pitchers, the chain is the boss. The inhibitor/captor haveing a fairly easy time of it by using the handles to entwine. The chain is in error, through, when it enters the geometric form of the red ceramic pitcher, not its handle.

In Grandma's Plates the chain is caressing, enfolding, protecting the delicate china.

The chain in MiMi's Doll is not one of bondage. It is gently laying upon her, helping her stay in the too large formof the chair. It puts itself at her feet, humbly, willing to be stepped upon yet willing to help.

The images in the paintings are of very old (some antique) china dishes and pitchers and a 1926 doll my grandmother played with. They are all very special to me. So in the Life Chain painting, I tried to make the chain depict the layers of feelings, the depth of them, as well as the connection of generations, family members. I think of these paintings as a series that will be a long time in finishing.