I am a gardener and spent several years designing and maintaining gardens. Here at home, I am the "family farmer". I find myself growing into a deeper relationship with our land with each passing season. Seeing my daughter and her friends outside, engaging with plants, with animals, with our food, with the weather and the seasons fills me in a way that I cannot fully express with words. I best express these feelings of love, gratitude and awe with meals created from our garden's bounty and with these paintings.