ARTIST STATEMENT
In 2016 a cross-country bicycle ride challenged my physical and mental endurance and opened my eyes to the Divine presence in all aspects of the natural world. Upon returning home I settled into my studio to create a body of work that explores the spiritual connection between the landscape and the creatures that inhabit it.
In my paintings you’ll discover a loose narrative based around a couple recurring characters who are on their own journey with a destination that may not even be known to them. But, from my experience, it’s never as much about the end as it is about the small moments that accumulate and change us. In each image is the opportunity for these characters to understand more and more that they are not separate beings outside of nature, but that they are inherently part of the whole. The poetic titles I attribute to each image personify the landscape and compel the viewer to contemplate their own relationship with the natural world.
My paintings are inspired by memories of real places but are ultimately filtered through my imagination where color, space, and light take on a life of their own to heighten the sense of the spiritual. The combination of real and imagined landscapes allows the viewer to keep their feet planted firmly on the ground while letting their mind wander into the infinite and the unknown of the world around us.
In my paintings you’ll discover a loose narrative based around a couple recurring characters who are on their own journey with a destination that may not even be known to them. But, from my experience, it’s never as much about the end as it is about the small moments that accumulate and change us. In each image is the opportunity for these characters to understand more and more that they are not separate beings outside of nature, but that they are inherently part of the whole. The poetic titles I attribute to each image personify the landscape and compel the viewer to contemplate their own relationship with the natural world.
My paintings are inspired by memories of real places but are ultimately filtered through my imagination where color, space, and light take on a life of their own to heighten the sense of the spiritual. The combination of real and imagined landscapes allows the viewer to keep their feet planted firmly on the ground while letting their mind wander into the infinite and the unknown of the world around us.