ARTIST STATEMENT: PAINTING THAT DEFINES PLACE
I am a contemporary landscape painter who uses rich colors to express a dramatic sense of light and space. As a child I celebrated coloring outside the lines. Those loose imperfect marks define my gestural painting style to this day. If painting were religion I would be praying to the saints: Matisse, Diebenkorn and Hockney. With a focus on abstract landscapes and architectural interiors, my art is influenced by the vibrant colors of my Northern California surroundings. Many of my landscapes use what I call an ƒ”invented color spaceƒ” where color is used to break up the composition and achieve a sense of depth and atmosphere that can be open to the interpretation of the viewer.