Over the years, as I have grown, so has my love of color. Several years ago, it reached the point where I only wanted to paint color — not to draw or paint any object. I wanted to leave my left-brain behind and journey into the land of creativity. At that time, I found my first "painting philosopher," who explained to me that the eye naturally seeks shapes it can recognize. If I didn't want to paint objectively, I would need to resist that tendency. When I think I am lost, I am at the most exciting part of the process, because that is where something new can occur.