When I paint, I strive to respond to each brushstroke, mark, or paint gesture by staying present with my work in the same way that I might instinctively sit and attend to a patient in the exam room. Both the canvas and the patient require nurturing, and my attentiveness; I do my best to respond to each with an intuitive sense of what to do next. Feeling and intuiting direct me as I responds to each new mark or layer, as I engage in a dance with my canvas. I escape my thinking brain and allow the inner joy I derive from colors, shapes, and lines, to drive my actions. “Self-Reveal” is a moment of calm and self-reflection for the viewer, painted during a winter snowstorm with classical music playing in the background.