About

Short Bio

Fine Art Painter of Horses, Landscapes, and Seascapes

Statement

Planning is not typically a part of my painting process, which is pretty random in nature and can ignite as a result of a compelling image (real or imagined), landscape scene or mood that will catapult me to my easel to capture the spark of that initial encounter. A specific hue or group of colors can also inspire me, and, in all honesty, inspiration often doesn’t hit me until color hits canvas. 
 
As soon as paint swirls onto the surface, I tend to let it flow freely from whatever application tool I’m using as I move around the painting, switching tools and positions if need be, letting the paint and the process tell me where they want to go. Sometimes a certain mood will strike me as I work, or I may see a definite path the paint is leaving on the surface which, in both cases, will propel me in a direction that’s sometimes very surprising. 
 
There are times, though, when it’s just a hot mess and scraping paint off is the only remedy. That being said, sometimes the ghostly remnant of color left behind from removing that first layer of paint can serve as a brilliant navigational beacon pointing me in a new creative direction, one I never would have experienced had it not been for the initial “mess” I made in the first place. 
 
This is why I love to paint! It’s such a thrill when I experience those sudden, unexpected, beautiful renderings that seem to manifest themselves magically on the canvas from what first appeared to be a total painting disaster or a complete and utter creative failure. I live for those moments when I create beauty from ashes.