Self Portrait, 1991. Oil paint stick on canvas, 27 x 35 in. 

Coded Messages is how I think about and understand how my artworks. My purpose has been to create an art or a “visual gateway” that can encourage a dialogue between the viewer and the work of art.


Beginning with the viewer’s gaze, art becomes poetic and meaningful. It’s been my goal to find a way to create a “visual gateway” to an engaging and moving art.