Paintings
Oil paint is my primary medium. The paint itself is an essential part of the paintings I make, both for my experience in the moment of creation and for what oil paint can do. With oil paint, I can lay down thick paint with a knife for instant texture, or I can slowly build up layers over time. I can apply paint with brushes, knives, my (gloved) hands, or draw with oil sticks and oil crayons. I can push paint around for days before it dries. I can remove dried paint, revealing layers between. Oil paint is fundamental to my process.
I love to paint landscapes outdoors and to paint flowers from life - to have an intimate relationship with nature. It is a spiritual experience, to study nature so closely. Magical things happen when you stand alone and silent in the middle of nature – you witness things you might otherwise not notice. My paintings are documents of these experiences.
Inspiration also prompts me to explore color relationships and movement in non-objective painting, making many-layered paintings of rich depth that explore the process of releasing oneself from past and future influences over which one has no control.
