My creativity comes from observing the beautiful scenery around me. I live on the Clackamas River surrounded by landscapes of flowers, trees, birds, and water. I am constantly inspired by the way light filters through the lush greenery we have in the Pacific Northwest.Recent Travel throughout Europe, Canada and Mexico has opened a whole new world of creativity that I try to bring to my paintings. I try to capture special moments with my camera-the light, the textures, the colors, the mood- and recreate them in my studio. Always with the intent, as a painter, to show something in a way that has not been seen before.
I want people to like my work but more importantly I want viewers to spend time with my work, to look at it more closely and contemplate the narrative of it, to travel to the place and time that I have painted.