"Nature contains all the elements, in colour and form, of all pictures, as the keyboard contains the notes of all music.  But the artist is born to pick and choose and group with science, the elements, that the result may be beautiful." -JAM Whistler, "The Ten O'Clock Lecture 1885"

Announcing "Subito", my 6th painting featured by music publisher Simply Violin. (www.simplyviolin.com).  "Subito" will soon be released on a collection of music arranged for youth orchestras.  "I am an artist....I am here to live out loud." --Emile Zola