I was a thought. I was born. I am artist. What is art to me?  It is a reflection of what I feel inside me that comes out through my hand onto the paper.  There is apart of me in each work that I do.  It expresses not just the lines and shadows that I create, but something deeper within me.  I grasp for what is under the layers of the subject and hopefully put those down into my art pieces.  I want to always be able to dig for more in my work.  To be able to see more and express through my pencil.  Emotion is what I seek in my art, from the happy, to the sad, to the everlasting passions of life.  I enjoy discovering a new shade or form to work with.  It is an never ending process as an artist to try to see the subtle forms and shades of gray in a person or object.  To bring it out to mean something and delight the eyes of the onlookers of your work.