ARTIST STATEMENT

My goal is to capture the resonating essence of the moment, especially in response to nature. I use vivid color, light, shape, and texture to distill and express that response. 

Each time I approach a painting, I find myself searching for the space between the realistic and abstract, the intellectual and intuitive, the personal and universal. It’s a captivating and elusive process, a siren call to what has not yet made itself known.

Whether I use oils, acrylic, or mixed media, whether my substrate is canvas, board, or paper, whether I hold brush or oil stick or sponge or squeegee, I have only the vaguest sense of how a piece might present itself when I begin. Through each stage, I observe movement, sense rhythm, and listen to what the work tries to tell me. Technique meets intuition. Trust takes the upper hand.

Painting forces me to "wake up". Senses heighten, emotions rise, thoughts deepen, everything converges, and the world can no longer be the same. I hope my work brings this experience to viewers, and that they enrich it by weaving in their own.