These are life size canvases wherein I have tried to capture my subjects posed in everyday activities, some public, some private,but alone with their own thoughts. Each of us has moments like these when the world recedes and time pauses as we ruminate. Our thoughts may be very personal or mundane, memories or fantasies.   These thoughts come to us unbidden and carry us away for moments or hours. At these times, we are not of the world. It exists around us and continues without our participation but the world sees us. It considers our separateness with curiosity, amusement, or envy and in that consideration, is itself caught in thought. Time pauses and is reflected between the viewer and the viewed. Quiet consideration prevails over physical action.