Montana Sunflowers Painting

As a lover of color, and inspired by the nature that surrounds me, I attempt to convey organic beauty through a sense of luminescent depth and richness in my paintings. I work wax layers of multiple patterns, hues and markings to construct each plane and produce the atmosphere I value from environments that catch my eye. Although my family goes back 5 generations in Montana, I have never been excited by what people might call traditional western art; however, Montana does influence me. Though my work is composed of representational images of Montana landscapes, it also contains unrefined patterns- natural, but not commonly seen by the naked eye. Amplifying biologically-inspired repetitions and forcing them to reside alongside the images we see as obvious in nature serves as a reminder of the importance of the parts to a whole which is how I hope viewers see my work - as a whole depiction of nature comprised of unexpected and appealing multiple ingredients.