My paintings reflect my love of beauty, especially the beauty surrounding my home in Northern California. This area contains abundant inspiration, with its rugged coast, inland hills and valleys and the built environment. I have an ongoing love of both representation and abstraction and use both in my art, ever striving to grow and develop my skills further.
Many of my representational paintings are painted from direct observation, whether it be from a still life setup in my studio or plein air work done on location in the landscape. The landscape finds its way into some of my abstract work as well, whether that be in bands of color that resemble land forms or in blocks and wedges of colors inspired by a spring day or the summer gold hills around my home.
Recently I have completed a series of playful abstract collages in which hand painted bits of paper on a white background recall summer days and simple pleasures.
