About the
Paintings
My career as a
professional artist has taken me across America and I have experienced the
natural beauty this land has to offer, from coastal beaches and inland
lakes and shorelines to the mountains of the West. My
realistic
paintings are created to a large part from these experiences, with the primary goal
of inviting the viewer into my paintings.
The original paintings in
this gallery are egg tempera, which I chose as my medium about 1989, because
of it's unique handling ability. Heavily influenced by Andrew
Wyeth, and driven to capture natural light in the bright highlights and
delicate detail of my subjects, this unique paint is superb for creating
sharp, crisp imagery and realistic illusions.
I am equally comfortable
capturing the illusions of aspen trees in a forest, or the sand dunes on
beaches, with this paint. But more importantly, I can also create
the impression of home interiors and detailed foregrounds that give the viewer the
sense of being there in my paintings.
