"Red Canyon" Painting

I paint landscape-inspired work about the interconnectedness of living things. My work is about the state of flux in the world and our environment. I draw from the experience of being immersed in nature and how we ourselves are a part of the landscape we move through. The process of different organisms striving for dominance in ecosystems, as well as art historical representations of the natural elements are influences in my work. The light is inextricably connected to the water, the land, and the atmosphere. These elements and the interconnectedness of living things have inspired me to create momentary, imagined, experienced, and idealized situations in my paintings. The fluid paint itself becomes a part of the landscape experience- the soil, the light, the sentiment- and it guides the forms that allude to the land. I am drawn to how light shifts our perception of what surrounds us, creating halos of soft diffusion or pockets of ambiguity. I am intrigued by patterns and distortions in landscapes- where images of what is "real" and what is "reflected" are set adrift or submerged in a nebulous space. I marvel at the mystery that exists in the shadows and the emergence of light from darkness. The light is truth.