"The state of mind which enables a man to do work of this kind is akin to that of the religious worshiper or the lover; the daily effort comes from no deliberate intention or program, but straight from the heart."
-Albert Einstein

Don't know the context of this quotation, but this pretty much sums up the way I am viewing doing art these days, better than I could verbalize it. Only thing I might add is I seriously don't want to take myself or art too seriously!

If any of my art introduces a little serenity and beauty in this edgy, noisy world, I'm satisfied.

Julia Cameron's Artist's Way books helped me get free from an artist's block I'd had from about age 13 to 41. Back then, despite working often as a commercial artist, I was seeing art more as a job, and after hours an infrequent indulgence. Now I and many of you know art is life itself. Prior to the "blocked" stage, I had been drawing and scribbling as soon as I could hold any implement my parents would hand me..I'm pretty much self taught; no formal training. However, every painting/drawing is a course in itself.

Inspiration is given from almost everything, and will often take me by surprise.
Right now I'm particularly intrigued by the exaggeration and fun of Tex Avery and Chuck Jones' cartoons.

A lot of bio stuff is mentioned at Helium.com, where I wrote an article about finding out I had ms, and the slow and ongoing epiphany of sorts it has brought about in my life. For now, I'm not strong enough to paint anymore, but am fooling around with digital art these days, and having a great time.

My complete gallery can be seen at http://www.artistful.com/Pilgrim_gallery.