Like many artists, inspiration and happiness are keys to my creative process. Many times, it is a long hike in the woods with my fiancée Kerry that creates a spark and helps form a tiny bubble of inspiration--coming across a woodpecker in a tree or a small stream in the woods or catching that pond in just the right light. Other times it’s a sculpture or figure pose that I see and choose a small component to draw, especially when the gesture being made is striking in its beauty or tenderness.