ARTIST STATEMENT...
"My style is very personal...places I have been, people I have known...experiences my eyes have seen, and how I have felt about it all. I always have questioned this incredible world and my place in it. I don't believe in standing still, on this journey to learn. I don't think finding a formula that works commercially again and again is the answer to true art. To experiment and explore, that is the joy of the creative process."
Blessed with a "Tom Sawyer" childhood in Central Wisconsin's lake country, the North Woods were my playground. While fishing, boating, and exploring amongst the trees, I witnessed a competition for natural resources between farmland, paper mills, and recreation areas. It became evident to me that harmony
between man and nature relied solely at the whim of man's responsibility.
Thirty-seven years ago, I made the move west, and found my new home amongst California's central coast and inland scenery. These mountains and beaches provide me with a gentle beauty and respite with my thoughts. As I paint these places, I want to impart that moment, that first impression of the
Awe of Nature, which fill our souls. When people view my paintings, I hope they see the same gentle beauty, and become the quiet guardians of our Nature, preserving it for all to enjoy.
When I work, I use color to draw in the viewer... to help them feel what I have seen. Everyone perceives a piece of art differently, and draws unique conclusions and interpretations from the same scene. My paintings entice the senses to explore beyond what their eyes tell them. I want my art to evoke a new perception of "what is always there." The consciousness of color, and my passion to create illusion.
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"Top Banana"
oil on canvas
16" x 20", 2006
"Get the Message"
watercolor
8" x 10", 2003
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