My great personal mission is to problem solve and uncover the lost secrets of "How to draw and paint". To extract the essence of the best practices from history and create something new by organizing and teaching them in a way that they are enjoyable and attainable for anyone that has an interest in becoming an artist. To help re-establish skill based art making and beautiful art back into the hands of today's artists in the making. My mission for my own art To more deeply appreciate and experience the beauty and wonder of life and to translate that experience to my viewer. To use visible metaphors for the unseen, spiritual relationship we have with our creator.