My art gets me through the difficult times, even if I am not able to create, I still think in the moment of creating. I am forever inspired by nature, food, books, films, thoughts and dreams that can take me to the next level in what I select from my mind and add to canvas or paper. "There's a Boy in My Chowder" is a play on words as life as I can no longer dine on shellfish, having an antiphallic response in 1994 after eating a lobster bisque. I still miss it today, knowing my last meal will be just that.