Artist Statement

I am drawn to the creative process as an avenue to explore and reveal the unseen. I favor oil paint for this process because of its inherent richness and potential to last for generations. I like to think of the long life a painting might have as I am painting it.

Beginning with photographs that I take, I intend to portray the invisible energies that are at play all around us, especially in nature. Early on in the process, the reference photos are abandoned and intuition takes over. The imagined spirit of nature comes out in shapes and forms that are not planned, but emerge from the subconscious. Minute detail is intended to invite the viewer in for a close look.

By making visible what can be detected but not seen in the physical world, my goals as a painter are to remind the viewer of the deep connection we share with our planet, and heighten the appreciation of nature in our collective consciousness.