Elegy Painting

I am a painter/explorer of the human experience. I search for the psychological, the spiritual, and the sensual essence of my subjects. I believe that as an artist I have a responsibility to address what is going on in the world around me, I strive to crystalize the emotions and experiences into potent images that speak to our souls. In my practice, every painting is a journey that begins with an impulse that I explore, making adjustments in content, composition and color as I delve deeper into the process and my emotional response to it until I come at last to place where I find a balance between all of these elements while still maintaining a tension that keeps the image alive. For me, my art needs to be beautiful and purposeful.