| Artist's Statement |
The open fields, river valleys and ever-changing sky... where they meet
and become one are the source of my inspiration. That familiar, silent
place has always drawn me in.
For years I struggled to find a distinctive voice for my work. Once I
came to the realization that the detail and craft of my illustrative past
were secondary to the emotional atmosphere and raw truth of my
paintings today. This freedom to paint without the burden of a
camera's detail helps the landscapes come from a place filled with
emotion, a place that I know well, my world. Void of unnecessary
detail, I start my paintings with snapshots in my mind, color sketches,
and years of visual experiences. Details instead are replaced by the
emotional strokes, color relationships and textural scrapes of my
palette knife. Harmonious color, non-descript locations and abstract
layouts allow the viewer to fill in their own details and history, hopefully
allowing the viewer to escape to their own space in time silent of
all distraction.
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