I think there is a direct influence in my paintings from working with jewelry for over 20 years. The primary reason for the small paintings is a conscious choice to work on the table within the same space that I have been making jewelry. I generally work with the paintings flat on the table and not on the wall. Composing with color has always been a big part of what I do. I would briefly define myself as a "color shape painter." The shapes and forms in my paintings are very much like the vocabulary I worked with many years ago when I was painting on a much larger scale. I have established a more deliberate sense of form and vocabulary in the new work. The interaction of shapes and the composition of the paintings are similar to the way brooch or necklace parts may interact in my jewelry work.