Statement
I paint outdoors en plein air, and also in my studio from photographs and studies. My paintings are an emotional response to the landscape. There must be something in the sky or the land that catches my eye and I paint that, whether it's a color, shape, composition, the light or a combination of these. I paint fairly quickly to capture the light and the feeling of the landscape, sometimes reworking the painting later, but trying to maintain the freshness of my first response.