In my artwork. My abstract paintings, collages, and works on paper frequently take inspiration from landscape and the surroundings. These images express in exciting and spirited color my enthusiasm for, and translation of, the natural world.

In my abstract artworks, color is an important element, and I oftentimes employ luscious, vibrant, and intense hues. Frequently, as I’m working with color, unusual spatial relationships and somewhat unconventional compositions manifest themselves, and this appeals to my visual sensibility.

My paintings and collages result from a rather intuitive process, and they are built up layer upon layer, with varied colors, expressive strokes of paint, and textured materials, until the image emerges triumphant.

The works in this submission are assemblages that have come to fruition, some after they had been ruminating in my mind for some time, and others (e.g. "A Special Perch") rather spontaneously.