My role as artist is to learn from others, to take what is given to me and pass on this knowledge to future generations so that they may live art in a healthy environment. My formal education as printmaker, photographer, and painter is fairly extensive, enough so that I am able to impart this knowledge with technical skill if needed. The new series of prints to emerge from my etching press will encourage audiences to explore the techniques involved in printmaking. The audience will see how various techniques are used to create movement, depth or a certain atmosphere on a two dimensional surface through the printmaking process. I create images with simple abstractions, forms, color and line, constructing and reflecting upon a real scene.