Hope is a predominate thread in Cliff's life and in art he frequently expresses it through the use of vibrant color. No matter what the medium or subject, his artistic vision brings him back time and again, to the lessons he learned as a boy, awe for the majesty of creation, a belief in the power of God, and the knowledge that survival takes team work. Indeed, not only his art work, but his entire life has been shaped around those lessons.