These landscape paintings are bold blasts of color and texture. This work draws on the essence of traditional landscape painting, an encounter with nature, and combines it with my emotional reactions and experiences. The result is physical reality and feelings intertwined.
These paintings have evolved from my geometric landscape series as a response to customers requesting a more recognizable subject matter. The vivid color of the earlier more abstract work has developed in both its intensity and its nuances. The working process is a direct one, usually very rough preliminary drawing. After the initial choice of a paint color and structure, the shapes change as each hue is applied. A canvas will develop as a spontaneous, free-flowing conversation between me and the painting, with the completed work the result of a very organic process.
A canvas may reflect both my memories and his emotions on the day that it is painted. There is a strong subconscious element to my work, with an image taking on a life of its own. These paintings are personal, expressive and musical, with their tactile use of oil paint applied with a palette knife, and/or brush using a vibrant palette.
Viewers are encouraged to make their own connection to the work, and to interpret it for themselves based on their own experiences and emotions. They are invited to resonate with the paintings’ positive energy and to connect with the imagery within.
