Painting has been my hobby since my younger days, but I started painting seriously in 1997, soon after my retirement. Since then creating art holds the key to my life’s journey. Art is a form of self-expression that allows me to reach out to the world surrounding me. Always experimental, my discriminating approaches often lead me to new worlds of thought guided by the images materializing before my eyes. My work is contemporary and, as you see, I love color, and that is my primary tool of expression. Intense color is the one characteristic that all my artworks in numerous styles and media have in common. I use color in abstract pieces to show balance, transformation, and interaction of energies. These pieces are created in many layers. Something of each layer is allowed to show through to increase the sense of multiple dimensions. I do collages and watercolor too, but for me, more deep feelings come out with acrylic or batik painting. I now process my art work by manipulating my paintings and drawings with a computer. With those media I can fulfill the strong contrast I work with, and which are part of my style....