This piece is part of my Connection series, begun in 2021 and features the use of unconventional painting tools. For the past several years, my work has focused almost exclusively on my own interior landscape, plumbing those depths.  The Connection Series steps beyond this concern and, through line, gesture, shape and form along with wild bursts of color, evokes the importance of gatherings in their many forms as a necessity of healthy human existence.  This subject is even more relevant and compelling as a result of our social isolation resulting from the current pandemic, which has taught us the importance of connection