Nature and Landscapes

I frequently return to landscape painting as a means to regroup, particularly after developing a thematic series or completing a major commission. I love the outdoors. The smell of autumn leaves, a warm spring rain, or the sound of a twig snapping on a cold winter morning is invigorating. It is through the nuances of color and light found in nature that I reacquaint myself with the very reasons I became an artist as well as to return to the basics of painting when subjects are observed directly from life.