My drawings and paintings are spiritualized imaginations of the natural world. The beauty and magic of common, everyday encounters with landscapes, skyscapes, seascapes and living creatures are the simple seeds of inspiration from which they spring. Looking out the window, crossing the field to the studio, walking through the woods or on the beach - what I am most moved by is not the specificity of things but rather the underlying feeling of presence and unity they evoke.

Intuitive line drawings and spontaneous photographs are often my points of departure. From these beginnings I simplify what is visible and amplify what is essential in order to develop a field guide to the image. Monochrome ink on paper drawings strive to balance materiality and immateriality. They are crafted meditatively with a rhythmic and repetitive layering of individual marks, dots and hand gestures over extended periods of time. Colored canvases celebrate the simple exuberance of color and form and evolve through a deliberate layering and tuning of hue and outlines. In both instances I work towards a synthesis between the tangible subject and the intangible feeling of its underlying essence.

Cezanne called for art to ‘give us a taste of nature’s eternity’. This formulation of art’s purpose resonates deeply within me, and over the years I see how it aligns with a fundamental longing for self-realization and transformation. Endeavoring to uncover the fundamental joy and ‘eternity’ that is present in everyday experiences, and to render it in a personal visual language, are my primary motivations. I hope that in some small way my work returns you to a sense of our original wonder and offers a glimpse of the Being we share with all things.