Jumping

Painting shows me how I “close my eyes and jump” at things.

Painting is a dance

Painting is a dance – sometimes a struggle – between specificity and ambiguity.

Dialog

 The chief reason for practicing art is to engage in a dialog with my being.

Stay out of the way

Being inspired is having a smidgen of the creative force of the universe set up shop in my mind – doing what it does best - I really have nothing to do but stay out of the way!

Drawing for the next painting

By beginning with a drawing, I can let the composition of a piece start to tell its story without the complexity of color. Working from a reference photo taken in northern New Mexico, I begin plotting out the position and …