I use a contemporary, distinctive brushstroke to render my work in a traditional view of everyday life, utilizing oils on canvas or wood panel, or pastel on board. My work has developed over the years into a very distinctive process and “signature style”.
What inspires me to transform a particular landscape or figure into a two dimensional image, comes from the “spirit” of the subject. If you look closely at my work, you might sometimes find little hidden items, scenes within a scene, or a symbol created with my unique “marks”. As I create, I incorporate my thoughts and ideas into my work.
Frequently, I carry a scene or a composition inside of my head for months, even years, before I begin to work on it. Sometimes I even feel I have painted the subject in my sleep. Once I actually start my creative process, the magic begins. The experience is like a Time Machine as hours fall away, my senses are altered, and it seems like the piece practically paints itself.
My appetite for Painting is voracious. I find myself physically and emotionally charged after completing a work that I have carried in my mind. Once it is complete, there is an empty place inside, until I select my next subject and the cycle begins again.
In order to choose a subject, I must be deeply involved with it. Generally sensory value or a feeling is attached to it. My goal is to share my sensory experience, through my visual representation and gift it to you - the Viewer.
We might not know one another, but my hope is that the emotion and secrets that are embedded in my work will somehow connect us.
What inspires me to transform a particular landscape or figure into a two dimensional image, comes from the “spirit” of the subject. If you look closely at my work, you might sometimes find little hidden items, scenes within a scene, or a symbol created with my unique “marks”. As I create, I incorporate my thoughts and ideas into my work.
Frequently, I carry a scene or a composition inside of my head for months, even years, before I begin to work on it. Sometimes I even feel I have painted the subject in my sleep. Once I actually start my creative process, the magic begins. The experience is like a Time Machine as hours fall away, my senses are altered, and it seems like the piece practically paints itself.
My appetite for Painting is voracious. I find myself physically and emotionally charged after completing a work that I have carried in my mind. Once it is complete, there is an empty place inside, until I select my next subject and the cycle begins again.
In order to choose a subject, I must be deeply involved with it. Generally sensory value or a feeling is attached to it. My goal is to share my sensory experience, through my visual representation and gift it to you - the Viewer.
We might not know one another, but my hope is that the emotion and secrets that are embedded in my work will somehow connect us.
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