I'm a Southern California native, currently living in Bermuda Dunes, CA near Palm Springs. Watercolors have been my painting media of choice. I love the glow and transparency and the little surprises that happen with the stroke of a brush. I paint what is interesting and exciting to me. Shadows, colors, and patterns capture my attention. My first thought is -- what do I want this painting to say? The painting should capture what I felt about the subject. The light, the colors, the texture -- if I can capture that and draw...more