A little about my painting process
While in the field, I paint small oils or watercolors, gathering more information from sketches and occasionally photos and videos. Every park has yielded a different experience. Back in the studio, I call upon the memory of that experience.
While I am engrossed in the physical process of mixing color, pushing paint around, building up surfaces, seeing and building relationships, responding and adjusting, my awareness of my surroundings is heightened, and I become conscious of what I did not initially see or feel - the shifts and changes in weather, light, wind, temperature, the animation of all around me, flora, fauna, sounds, movements. And when I am most transparent and in tune... the painting reflects that. It no longer is a picture of a landscape but reflects the spirit of the landscape. Something of truth reveals itself, transcending land forms and paint. This becomes the substance of the work.