Many years ago, I worked primarily in the abstract form. At one point, I was asked if Icould do more representational pieces.  For the years following that I used nature and the plant life as my inspiration.   It has long been an interest of mine to capture the essence ofthe living form through painting and photography.  At times it manifestsitself through a strictly representational viewpoint. At other times it comes forth through the abstraction of something we are familiar with, yet not intimate with.  It is an intimacy with each piece that I am striving to create.   The glass paintings are my most recent paintings. They began with an inspiration in the spring of 2000.   I have continued to learn and grow this form, but  when I had a dream around the new year, it transformed my glass pieces into something completely new and exciting.  I have found that I can continue to create representational pieces, but the abstract work it the most fun and exciting for me. In 1994, I began taking classes to develop my clairvoyance at a school now called, InVision.  At the beginning of 2000, I started teaching classes to help others develop their clairvoyance.   I began providing Professional Clairvoyant Readings at the samse time, and still do today through my company, Guiding Inspiration, LLC.  It is through the energy work that I have done and continue to do that I have found new inspiration for creating abstract works.  The glass pieces that I am creating have their basis in the energy that I see about the subject when I create them.