“I use the landscape as a metaphor to explore my feelings through painting. My color palette and gestures are in reference to what I view, but also more importantly take on a feeling of their own in relation to what I am experiencing internally. On my better days I transcend my thoughts and just have an experience of movement in relation to my viewpoint. In life the sky always meets the tree line or the roof or the land. Even a pile of debris generally has a skyline, a base...a foundation. There is nothing to turn away from in life, but when I see something in a landscape I am often moved to return again. Not to mimic every line and every sound. But to lay out the experience. The presence and then later the movements of that moment. ”
