...and morning drew softly" is a series of oil paintings that express the way night becomes day both in the emotional as well as the physical sense.

They were painted to reflect the emergence of light in my own life and to express its pure physical beauty.

The paintings, for me, emit energy from within as I allow immense space to express itself through detail.

Feeling the changing light in the early morning hours on my skin has been my prayer ritual as I greet each new day.

The world 'draws' itself into existence touching through light, the very fibers of my being.

Light is also the subject of the series of ink drawings entitled "a Japanese lantern and a table top".

In this series, light becomes less a physical force and more a beacon for higher consciousness.

This consciousness was born out of a dialogue between shapes and realities.

I worked quickly and intensely and after a couple of sleepless nights I was able, through the drawings, to commit to both total abstraction and expressive content.