As a visual artist my disciplines include watercolor, graphic design and my profession as an architect, The reason I prefer to use watercolor is that is a forgiving medium: fast, transparent, and tends to take on a life of it�s own. John Lennon wrote �life is what happens while you�re making other plans�. Likewise, watercolor often takes its own course as it flows where it wasn�t intended. I marvel at where it leads me and delight in how colors run together and blend. What I find most interesting is how I look at ordinary things around me, trying to figure out how I could represent it in watercolor. I work quickly, which keeps the painting looking fresh and spontaneous. Watercolor for me has become an antidote to the highly technical world of architecture, much in the same way that the freestyle way in which I play didgeridoo balances the precise aspects required while performing in my brass quintet. Both approaches are necessary to achieve balance.