Because of the difficulty in finding a publisher to put my work into print I have decided to produce this publication myself. After all, if I did not compile my own art work the way I want to present it, I would be lucky if any one else did, even if they knew how.

I show the symbolic images in my paintings as a complement to the imagery evoked in my poems. Ideas for the symbolism in my art derive from my poetry. Content of artwork is allegorical, full of metaphor, connotation and ambiguity. I start a painting with a combination of several images from a poem. Discovery and suggestion from my imagination emerge during the painting process and are a supplement to the poetry. The result has the intrinsic value of both poem and painting. Indeed, I show where the ideas in the paintings came from, hence this publication of my poems and paintings together.

The still life paintings and the life drawings are very much part of the development of my creativity, therefore I also include them to give an overall insight to my work.