Statement

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My work involves recording fleeting moments that I see around me. The paintings are often spontaneous landscapes which can be done by memory. My process includes the drawing lines of the oil pastels, plus the washes and viscosity of the acrylic paint. I cannot just choose somewhere and then paint it, but instead the image needs to strike me at the moment. My paintings often portray places that might not ordinarily be considered beautiful.

 

The feeling of each landscape remains embedded somewhere in me. I paint because it creates a link to other people, and it connects me to my feelings and felt sense. The process of painting is visual communication, and it provides an unexpected new perspective, a kinesthetic feeling of place.

Land and space inform my work; the natural world be seen and experienced as vivid and beautiful, and can inspire us in ways we don’t understand. My work has several significant sources: the physical experience of landscape, as well as the contemplative practice of meditation.