Taos Welcome Painting

Taos is my home. Every morning is a gift and every evening is a pleasure in this beautiful land. There has always been something that feels right when I am looking across the mesa or climbing the hills around this sunny and protected land. My paintings are the product of an interest in color, the land and culture. As a child I was fascinated by paper airplanes. Each time I threw a new plane there was a moment of excitement – What path would it take through the air? Is it a crasher? Would it twist in the air? By ripping and folding the paper I could effect the character of the plane, the balance, and determine how it would catch the breeze. Still, there were so many variables outside of my control, and each toss produced a unique path across the room. Some of my most ecstatic memories as a child came from those few moments when a breeze would catch the wings of the craft an drag it further and longer than it could glide on its own. I would be caught in an envelope of events that would never happen quite the same way again.