This work was inspired by my grandson, Noah, as a one-year-old, had done several drawings of circles in various colors. I was fascinated by them and decided to turn one of them into a painting. Consequently, I started to study children’s art more closely and gathered as much visual vocabulary of their work as possible.

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As adults, we are incapable of thinking or drawing as a child does. We can only attempt to imitate them. Children have boundless imagination, unburdened by all the baggage adults carry. They express
themselves in simple, warm, often humorous, and entertaining ways. I made an effort to capture that
feeling in these paintings.

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For all of us, it may be impossible to remember the fun and pleasure we enjoyed doing artwork as children.
But the joy and fun I felt doing these paintings gives me a pretty good idea what that was like.