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"The goal of my work is to interpret a wide range of literary expression through visual art, thereby adding a new dimension to painting.  The media is "Venetianimpasto" a technique I developed with plasters I had collected over the years.  I first prepare the canvas with an underpainting of colored plaster, then score in guidelines. Depending on the nature of the content, I may pencil in the text to allow precise diction, or simply begin to paint the words to ramble on and off the canvas.  .  Though I wrestle with the importance of legibility, reading the painting to buyers adds a level of intimacy that is rewarding.  Many of the works are autobiographical, have family history or excerpts from my own short stories."