My latest series is called Everyday Sacred. I am celebrating the extraordinary in the ordinary, painting portraits of enduring objects: a light bulb, a paintbrush, a pile of books, a cardboard box … in a finely nuanced monochrome palette.

Using a black and white palette takes me back to the day when photographs were in black and white. I find you can take in an image more completely when the color is stripped off and you see the form and relate the function at the same time. These objects are timeless and I seek to portray their innate beauty … and I invite my viewer to do the same.

In life and in painting I find meaning enhanced by the nuances and details. Each subtle shift reveals something more …my choice of details discloses as much about me as the subject.

I think about all these things when I decide what to paint. It grounds me as I let the subject talk to me and tell me about itself. And then I paint.