ARTIST STATEMENT:

My paintings explore the emotional energy, light, colors and textures found in the landscape. I

am especially drawn to the untouched, tangled, wild local woodlands and forests which to me

feel alive with emotion and spirituality. The more I painted the landscape, the more trees

became my subject as they teach us about life: strength, fragility, endurance and weathering the

storms. To me painting is about the paint, brushstrokes and mark making. I like to work in both watercolors and oils. I love the luminous transparency, fluidity, and spontaneity of watercolors, and the rich buttery lusciousness and slow layering of oil paints. My work starts with loose bold dynamic brushstrokes of transparent color. Then opaque paint and lyrical lines are added and removed using brushes, knives and scrappers until the painting has been distilled and clarified into a beautiful moment. With my personal mark making and intuitive color I wants to create a visual experience charged with emotion, movement and energy. I believe, “Art emerges whenthe heart and mind collide.”