“The sensation I feel when painting is just like the experience of playing my guitar. When painting, the unmarked surface evokes in me the desire to express in color, light and line something which before that moment had not existed. The blank space speaks in longing to join the visible. With paint, charcoal, pastels, inks and dyes, that brief moment itself is captured for a time in the visible. It is the same with guitars, wood, steel and ivory- the soundless space is vibrant with anticipation as I reach into the quiet and free sound to fill the moment. My visual expressions bring to line, color and light the fourth field of sound itself. I literally feel music when I work.”