"I want my work to be more than regional expression. My painting is successful if my paint astonishes me first with its physical presence, then summons the essence of a place. When we look carefully at the land or sea, we come to the heart of who we are and connect with the earth. I want my paintings to have first a memory of ocean, water, air or land - then leave us an awareness that we are all nature." - Sheryl Budnik