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About my imagery: The process I undertake for creating each new work, from beginning to end, is guided by a stream of consciousness which focuses more on establishing a certain feeling or mood rather than defining specific shapes. Initially, I let my pencil/pen move and dance across the paper seemingly at will to create outlines consisting of various shapes juxtaposed to each other in a certain order. Although as I progress in the work and see certain shapes and combinations of shapes take on recognizable form(s), I continue to let the consciousness driving the pen/pencil guide my efforts along rather than be influenced by what I am seeing with my eyes. When I sense that the outlines are complete, I momentarily stop and prepare for the next step in the process. With preparations complete, I next redirect my ‘creative flow’ to add contrast, shading and shadow to the outlines and shapes. In essence, I’m creating the ‘heart’ of my new work and when this step in the process is completed, I’ll have created what can best be described as a sort of ‘doodle’ because in all likelihood it is probably no more than 5" x 7" in size, and may or may not have been done on an appropriate sheet of art paper (when the feeling to create hits, I use what is readily available at that particular time and place such as notebook paper, the back of a Power-Point presentation, envelope etc.). My next step along the process is to use a wide variety of pencils (and the proper art paper) to make an 8" x 10" enlargement of the ‘doodle’. When the enlargement is completed, it is then digitized and placed on my computer. I’m now ready to undertake both the most satisfying as well as challenging step in the process. I begin by positioning the digitized 8" x 10" enlargement so that it serves as the bottom layer and foundation to my composition. I then digitally paint and build successive layers of elements upon it to create an image such as the ones found in my gallery. Once this step in the process is completed, the digitized final image is ready to be professionally printed. I consider the printing of the image the final step, and the print itself, the completed new work. Most important, I give all the praise to God for bestowing upon me the artistic talent by which I endeavor to glorify his name.