Growing up in the Berkshire Hills of western Massachusetts afforded me the opportunity to explore the natural environment and learn about New England woodlands and meadows first hand. There is far more to experience than first meets the eyes, this includes rapid, repeated movements of insects, birds, animals and the leaves blowing in the wind. The seemingly delicate sounds heard while chasing butterflies in a ten-acres field becomes almost deafening to the mindful wanderer.

This energy, the sounds, movements, the living landscape is what I paint. Using elements of Abstract Expression combined with Impressionism, I create colorful painterly images featuring big, lush and loose mark-making. In suggesting the landscape rather than describing it, I am able to freely employ my needs for making an interesting composition. Memories, some decades old, along with my observations of the world around me and my field photographs, sketches and notes are the references I use while working. What we see doesn’t always translate into an interesting work of art so I add, subtract, and invent elements to create the final impression.