Statement of the Artist

In the last several years, I have become more specific in my imagery, working from still life subjects such as glass bottles, paper sacks, tin cans, drapery, fruits and vegetables to, more recently, plastic containers used in packaging such things as detergents, shampoos, fruit juices, food stuffs, etc. I became conscious of them due to their shear numbers passing from household use to the waste recycling box year after year. I felt the need to paint these objects because of the wide variety shapes, sizes and colors. I hope through my struggle with the painting process that I have shown some of the joy, pleasure and beauty that these humble plastic containers have given me.