I work with oil paints both on location and in the studio. Direct observation from life is my preferred method because natural light heightens our perception of color and space. Yet the studio is my laboratory, where I slow down, plan and experiment. These approaches feed one another.

I use painting to explore our perception of natural light because painting can do what the camera cannot. There’s nothing like seeing color outdoors, in all kinds of weather, night or day. Oil paint literally holds light.  It’s luminous!

I rely on plein air paintings, drawings, my memory, notes, and photographs, to make work. Painting furthers both my story and yours as a viewer because it’s a passport to our shared human experiences.