I paint representationally and mostly in oils, both scenes observed and those imagined. I am sometimes inspired by music, often by animals, and always by the atmospheric play of light falling throughout the day and drifting away at night. I like a sense of narrative and feeling of place and character, and so I attempt to manipulate my paint to realize these feelings only to sometimes learn that the qualities of paint and endless permutations of color impose their own ideas, which I’m content to let play out. I often see the world in deep, vibrating layers, and I do my best to paint in a way that reflects this.

Small landscapes or drawings are painted or drawn on the spot and then modified as needed in the studio. Larger works are realized after a long process of sketching, drawing, oil studies, and muddling through. Because a painting may always head in a thousand different directions, studies may sometimes ultimately exist as independent statements of their own. In actuality, there are no studies or final versions — there are simply different versions of endless possibilities. I wish I had the time to explore them all.