Thank you so much for taking the time to look at my
work.
As far back as I can remember I've always been involved in
artistic endeavors. As an Art Major in college I
experimented with all sorts of mediums from drawing and
painting to ceramics, sculpture, silkscreen, batik and
photography.
I learned that my abilities are strongest in the two
dimensional world of art and spent many years producing and
selling batiks of landscapes. At the same time I was also
involved in photography, eventually setting up my own black
and white darkroom, and experimenting with colorization
using high contrast photos and oil based materials.
My focus has gradually shifted to oil painting but my
photography plays a major role in the process. With the
exception of commissioned pieces, all of my paintings are
completely original, painted either on site, (plein air),
or from photographs that I have personally taken of the
subject at hand.
I find it very important to have an emotional connection to
that which I am painting. For me that occurs from actually
being present and seeing the subject with my own eyes. This
allows me to paint the images from my own perspective. In
addition the emotions that are generated from my time spent
in a certain place, as well as the emotions and memories
that occur during the painting process, all become a part
of the final piece. In this way each painting is unique and
one of a kind.
