"As the Sun Is Rising"     12 x 16 inches   Oil on Canvas

This painting marks the beginning of the first series following the release of my book, Finding Freedom to Create.   Oddly, during the development of the painting, I thought I was painting wild violets, but when I began defining the foliage, I became away that this was a money plant, many of which are growing in my back yard.  Maybe there's a metaphor there.