The concept that an artist would be revered by popular culture is an immediate dismissal of his relevance as an artist.

You have to expect spiritual warfare whenever you stand up for righteousness or call attention to basic values. It's just a matter of light battling the darkness. But the light wins every time. You can't throw enough darkness on light to put it out.

Steeping my life in beauty brings color to my days and a song to my heart

It's a simple liberating reality - the best things in life are mine for the choosing.

The more you give yourself to others, the more joy and peace will flow into your own life.

My joy burns brighter when I tend to the glowing hearth fires of home.

I try to create paintings that are a window for the imagination. If people look at my work and are reminded of the way things once were, or perhaps, the way they could be, then I've done my job.