The work on my site spans a range of creative and life experience, although not a significant amount of time. Much of the work was completed within the last four years, the earliest of which reflects a certain confidence in my abilities as a draftsperson and visual composer. These images have hints of emotional content through the use of color, composition, and paint (pastel) application.

A trip to Ireland in 2003 brought about a sensitivity and humility to my approach to the landscape specifically that had not existed before. In addition, the journey’s physical and creative challenges, brought about mainly by the Irish countryside, reinforced the notion that the landscape format would be my primary vehicle to explore both personal and universal themes.

The latest work is by far my most experimental and focuses on the search for the simplest means of depicting my subjects, which are landscape-based metaphors for changes happening in my life. The inevitability of change, or more importantly, its support and cultivation is the underlying theme of this new work. What is becoming apparent to me is that it is much better to be flexible and accepting of change rather than be resistant and oblivious to its sometimes elusive but ever-present possibilities.

I imbue my work with the feeling of change or movement by utilizing a few different methods. One is to work with gestures, or strokes and lines that have dynamic, directional quality. Another method is creating transitions, that is, elements or combinations of elements within the composition that lead the eye with ease from one place to another. Some examples of creating transitions include using a series of lines that cut across a shape or area, softening edges, making a change in how light or dark an area, line, or shape is, or making a change in the color of an area, line, or shape. Additionally, I play with the rhythmic quality of any or all of these elements, composing melodies and harmonies of lines, shapes, textures, and colors that aspire to work together in a unified structure.