I have always been drawn to faces and bright colors. A person’s face is always telling you a story, even when they claim to have a blank expression. And since all art is a mirror, when you are staring in to the eyes of a painted face, it reflects a story back to you. These characters I paint are telling me my story. Sometimes they are telling me that the bright colors and markings are a mask, hiding their true identity, like a superhero or actor on the great stage. Other times they are telling me that the b