My paintings are personal reflections that reveal what interests me about a place, even if that place exists only in my mind. Even when painting outdoors, on location, I edit freely, combining what is there with what is not there, letting memory and imagination be my guide. Sometimes peaceful, sometimes mysterious, my paintings are about the experience of light and shadow, color and texture-the play between the seen and the unseen.
I am most inspired by the quiet drama of nature; trees bending towards the light, silent reflections, sunlight breaking through clouds. My imagery reflects a personal history-whether it's memories of childhood summers spent on Jekyll Island, Georgia with the marsh and live oaks or of more recent travels to Italy and France where art and history are inseparable and where there is a nearly universal respect for that which is natural and life-sustaining.
