I embrace the sensual nature of the human figure in my current work that brings together favorite forms and physical pleasures (fruit, fruit trees, the figure, my cat, vintage advertising, and the Blue Sofa) and, in so doing, creates a story that travels through a series of four paintings. The first painting is entitled “Kumquats”: here a young girl sits coyly; her posture exudes her sensual power. As the series develops, her male counter part is introduced and their relationship begins. This series, with its complex intertwining of elements I have been using over the past seven years, combines stages of human life with the powerful associations of the senses provided by the natural world. References to vintage advertisements in these images play upon our cultural associations and taboos.