My Work
I am interested in communicating the experience of being out of doors. The natural world invites us to key into all of our senses; touch, sight, sound and smell are at the forefront of the experience of working in nature. How can one’s perception and interpretation of what is there before us be conveyed on a two-dimensional surface in oil paint? Paint is my medium. Color—relationships, texture, pattern—my language.
My work is largely about New Mexico and the San Luis Valley of Colorado. I find the beauty of both places almost overwhelming. My response is to limit myself to painting more intimate sites—the arroyo, our garden—and to narrow the larger landscapes by making smaller landscapes to “contain” the great expanses. I work on-site because I see nature as my current collaborator.
