All projects begin with sketches. Drawing is the conduit for ideas, and the hand is the extension of the mind's eye. The computer is only used for production after the design is conceived. I will never give up drawing.If you could change one thing about home design, what would it be?To make people realize bigger is not better. Quality is more important than quantity. You only need a single large and tall principal room with southeastern sunlight for daily life, and the rest can be relatively small.Who are your favorite artists?I greatly admire the work of Josef Albers, Andy Goldsworthy, Richard Serra, North Carolina sculptor Thomas Sayre, Richmond painter Duane Keiser and photographer William Christenberry. Currently I have started admiring the realist work of an emerging Connecticut landscape painter, Jan Blencowe. I think any house without art or books inside is a house without a soul.Best thing about being a designer:To understand on a deeper level the landscape and the site, to meet many people with very different backgrounds and help them, to learn by doing, to be a creative problem solver and to hopefully leave something useful behind long after I am gone.Your ideal client is ...My current one, a young and inspired couple with an amazing site and the willingness to slow down and let us all attempt to get it right.Another Designer Sketch: Architect Jean Dufresne | Find a designer

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