Artist Statement
The power, beauty and dignity of Nature have a mysterious and spiritual attraction to me. This collection of drawings and paintings is my artistic response to that calling.
The paintings are generated references to trees and landscapes seen or remembered from walks taken in the gray autumns and winters of Virginia and Vermont. Layers of drawing, painting and collage fuse to complete the images that have become increasingly richer in surface quality. There is also a progression to more atmospheric abstraction in the landscapes.
I paint intuitively and prefer suggestive qualities in my work in lieu of detailed descriptions. Deciding when an image has enough marks to feel complete and yet not more than is necessary is a personal dilemma and choice with which I struggle. The variations and possibilities of a work are as countless as in the randomness of Nature. My hope was for each painting to evoke a different sense of mystery and wonder. The works are imaginary landscapes that are intended to represent places of refuge and harmony where the viewer can rest and contemplate before continuing or perhaps beginning another journey.
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