Jasper Johns once said when asked what is involved in the creative process: it's simple, you just take something and then you do something to it, and then you do something else to it. Keep doing this and pretty soon you've got something.
That is exactly how I approach my work, I have a pretty good idea of where I want to go when I start, but I find that when I've arrived at the end it is not at all where I started . I move and remove, change my mind, leave the pieces for months and then look at them with new eyes. I like to use organic materials in my collages, and I like to show that we are not just surface, that there is much more going on underneath that is so much more interesting, we are so much more connected to our planet than we would like to admit.
I think as an artist we get our inspiration from everything, but Vincent Van Gogh, colors are a never end source of pleasure for me and Joan Mitchell inspires me with her unbounded energy, her bold brush work.