These paintings are rhythmic, gestural depictions of the natural landscape. They are semi-abstract and about intuitively using the landscape to design the composition of the paintings, rather than creating a photographic depiction.

I paint in my studio, referring to black-and-white sketches that I have done en plein air. By working this way, I am able to find an edge between abstract expressionism and realism.  I also work on an edge that is between my intuition and my perception of the outside world.

Because my paintings are of natural landscapes without any evidence of buildings or humans, I want them to relate to another edge - the edge where we walk in nature while trying to leave slight or no footprints for future generations.

"We do not inherit the Earth from our Ancestors; we borrow it from our Children."

                                             -Native American Proverb-

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    These paintings are about the ineffable creative spirit. Although it remains an elusive concept, I believe that we collaborate with a certain kind of energy in the act of creating. It is an energy that allows the ego to disappear and gives us complete deep focus and concentration. It is an energy that allows certain paintings to flow out effortlessly. Zen teachers actually call it the "flow" or "effortless effort."