For me art is not about the intellectual but about the visceral. It needs to give me a one two punch when I look at it. In short, I probably could be better classified as a graphic artist or designer than simply a conventional artist. I love the use of color, line, and design, and the juxtaposition of these basic elements. I subscribe to the philosophy that less is more, and minimalist art appeals to my sense of restraint and order. There is no better artist that expresses the power of pure, unadulterated color and geometry at its most fundamental level than Ellsworth Kelly. His forms and colors saturate my brain and awaken my senses. I have named a paired painting that I did after him “Ellsworth”. He is in the upper pantheon of artists that I admire.