Reflecting our earth's dense molten core, I painted a color field of reds and oranges in my studio. Then on location in Essex, MA I added the local colors, shapes and textures of the marshes and land over the field. My process is to juxtapose abstraction with realism. The expanse of sky and land offers me a vehicle to bring attention to an environmental message about our fragile, beautiful earth in hopes that we can protect it.