I was only scratching the surface when we had to leave Asheville in 2004 — that is, my potential of becoming an artist.

I look forward to soon returning home to Asheville as a more experienced artist then when I had to leave. I’m very excited of the many possibilities — reconnecting with special friends, making new neighbours, making new art, and experiencing new adventures. I do not know when the next chapter will begin, but wherever I go, It’s a beautiful day in the neighbourhood. Because this big blue marble is just one big little neighbourhood. Could we be neighbours?

It’s a beautiful day in the neighbourhood. There is a field along the way to Paoli Surgical Center. We have passed it several times on other occasions and it has always caught my attention. But even more so when we passed by it around 720 am. I could not stop picturing it in my mind.

This is a high key painting. I chose a soft palette for Kyle because I wanted to convey a sense of his warmth, coolness, and compassion. I used forced perspective, higher chroma and hard edges to pull his hand and crystal forward while at the same time receded the rest of him into the background with soft edges and lower chroma.