Georgia O'Keefe wrote " I know I cannot paint a flower. I cannot paint the sun on the desert on a bright summer morning, but maybe in terms of paint color I can convey to you my experience of the flower or the experience that makes the flower of significance to me at that particular time." I believe that it is not my job to recreate the world as a photograph would. It is instead my job to interpret that image.

Updated May 8, 2012