Statement
This work is sourced in the natural landscape where I live. Walking into nature armed with a camera is the first step in my process.
Back in the studio there is a point at which observation stops and something else takes over. Once that threshold of abstraction is crossed a re-shaping of elements can begin. I am intrigued with pulling new situations of place from the painting process. In doing so I find myself cultivating a space that is fluid and plastic enough to navigate.
There is a certain abstract power inherent in nature upon which the survival of these paintings depend.