artist Statement

Morning Fog on the Pond, Monhegan Island, 27 x 50”, Oil on Canvas — *Morning Fog on the Pond, Monhegan Island*, 27 x 50”, Oil on Canvas

I often find myself fascinated by Nature

and the many ways in which we experience the majesty of the natural world. I am most intrigued by those atmospheric conditions that produce fog, haze, bursts of light, and the myriad transitions in between. Beyond a realistic rendition, I see my paintings as windows onto the landscape through which I hope to invoke in the viewer the emotions and moods that inspire me, and to facilitate the viewer’s experience with Nature’s deepest mysteries.

As I travel through the great American Northeast, I am taken back to my earliest memories of the fields and untamed forests of Eastern Europe. It was among these scenes from my youth that I first experienced the bright light of winter, the fleeting warmth of long summer days, and the great in between that is the core of our sense of time and transition.

My art is an expression of the universal need to experience Nature. It is this feeling that enables us to better understand the progress of time and our brief existence among the landscapes that surround us.