My work explores the passage of time, loss, and the unseen dimensions of the natural world through landscape painting and ICM, (Intentional Camera Movement), photography. Living at 6,700 feet in Park City, Utah, I am inspired by the sublime drama of western light, mountains, and storms, which I translate into shimmering, layered compositions using dynamic techniques of construction and deconstruction on reflective metal panels. Through my art, I invite viewers to connect with the profound, mysterious energy that exists beyond the visible surface of nature and discover why we are all drawn into nature—to fill our souls with the grand and sublime.

Referencing my photos and memories, I begin with a few quick compositional sketches, then move to the metal panel and paint. Brayers have been the applicator of choice recently, blending and building the thin veils of color as I go. I like painting from my home studio so I can take frequent breaks. When returning to the studio with fresh eyes, I often will see a flicker of something that I can build on. I like to work wet-on-wet in a continual process, adding and subtracting as I go. I feel the rhythms of the landscape and often use squeegees to follow the undulations of the land as well as the imagined air currents in my skies. This either exposes the reflective metal surface or adds the invisible dimension I perceive with paint.

Deconstruction. By scraping, I expose the reflective silver, making a shimmering river or reflections on a lake. Buffing, I create the illusion of movement to the backlit edge of a cloud. In my more abstract work, I find spatial rhythms and move the viewer through the two-dimensional plane by pushing the paint into overlapping folds made with my tools. I use different solvents to melt the paint off the metal and varnish to make pebble-like textures on snow and moonlit skies. It is all very experimental and every piece incorporates these techniques to create something unplanned and unique. I embrace the uncontrolable chaos. If it doesn't work, I scrape it.

I am grateful to have  exhibited my paintings in numerous international art shows including Art Basel Switzerland, Art Basel Miami, the Swiss Art Expo in Zurich, The Monaco Yacht Show in Monte Carlo as well as many national shows in New York, Connecticut, Utah and California. From 2020-2023 I served on the board of the Utah Museum of Contemporary Art, (UMOCA), in Salt Lake City & continues to be an ambassador for the museum. I am represented by The Summit Gallery in Park City, Utah. Their link is below.