I think about the future and frequently contemplate the link between my mortality, spirituality and making art. Life in the physical realm is a journey towards self-understanding and more importantly spiritual awareness, i.e. one's relationship with God. No individual will ever completely achieve this connection in a corporeal state, but the endeavor plays a vital role in one's ability to interact with humankind and with God. This understanding is a major source of stimulation for my creativity.

The space framed by the garden is a symbolic reference in my art to the relationship to the whole of God's creation and one's soul or spirit. Thus, plant imagery developed into a symbol of the relationship between father and child, moreover God and man. In the garden I can place myself in a meditative state where thought and prayer merge. This state of being demonstrates equal importance in the intuitive process of making my art. By employing my senses, the involvement with living creation, or the likeness of creation, becomes a time of prayer. This prayer time constitutes the essence of my relief images.