My work is concerned with
beauty and the picturesque
landscape: the clear, blue day
that warms the soul; the
waterfall that flows with
sound and movement; the
peacefulness of an afternoon
stream; the colors of a tree
changing seasons. The
challenge is to present these
experiences in a way that
engages the viewer. The
artists who have most
influenced my work are the
great American landscape
painters of the 19th century,
the European Impressionists,
and the landscape painters of
China and Japan.
My method is to go into
the wilderness and photograph,
returning to the studio to
paint. Working with the
photograph allows me to
capture a place, one moment in
time, one season at a time.
The photograph is the starting
point of a search for a new
reality. I take apart the
photograph and reassemble it
in a painterly manner, and
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