I have always enjoyed playing with shape and color - looking for ways to illustrate emotion and energy. When I was a kid my favorite books were the ones with the most pictures. Now I read history and sociology and theology and I want those books to have pictures too.

Dallas artist Charles McMullen grew up in East Texas and studied art at City College of San Francisco with concentrations in drawing and ceramics. His current work puts shapes of color in rela- tionship, reminding us of the way ideas, cultures and events connect and interact. His abstract color  elds layer hues inviting us into the ever-engaging complexities of their interaction.