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I think of my paintings as little organisms that are all related to one another. Whenever I want to create a new painting, I start by looking at two of my earlier paintings side by side. I imaginatively combine their ideas, designs, and colors as I make a new "hybrid" offspring painting. Some of the designs that recur throughout my work are images of rabbits, birds, and women. Rabbits represent domesticity, comfort, and a certain childlike innocence. The women are self-portraits or alter egos; I draw them when I am in an introspective mood. I appreciate the colorful diversity of birds - they are so many variations on a theme! I love to draw the delicate mechanisms of their wings and claws. In my painting series I am taking in all of these ideas, processing and reworking them, and watching as new and interesting forms evolve.