‘Presence in the Midst of Creation’s Motion’

Biography

My earliest oil paintings were landscapes, as seen through the eyes of a six-year old at  30,000 feet from an oddly-shaped oval window of a jet airliner. As a member of a military family, the constant movement across the world created a global perspective. This travel introduced me to Creation’s beauty by the intentional efforts of my parents.  They led our family to explore and experience Nature, and the artists who captured it, in some of the world’s finest museums.   

My career in art has been primarily in ceramics. While I managed and led international brands, I found my true calling in creating and developing my own companies which have enjoyed commercial success since 2004.  Moving beyond ceramics, I have discovered an ever-growing passion and joy in oil painting. As such, I sought instruction from leading contemporary pleinair artists and found inspiration and developed skills by investing in sketching the masters’ works in European and American museums.

My principal works are ‘enpleinair’ which are usually completed rapidly on location in a couple of hours, or until the light changes the scene.  Many of the pleinair sketches become the source for larger works completed in my home studio.  Being outdoors “on location” and painting quickly and directly from Nature are the elements of this endeavor that I find most rewarding.  It’s almost a ‘sport’ to see what Creation will offer and what it will allow to be caught on canvas…a way that I can make that view permanent, although I am but a mere presence in the midst of Creation’s motion.

Artist’s Statement

A view of Creation, however fleeting, once captured on canvas becomes a place of remembrance and permanence when placed upon a wall of a home.  It becomes integral to the daily flow of activities and relationships…a witness of sorts!  A painting is a place remembered, a feeling captured, an image full of meaning,. . . and if done well, eternally so.   That is the goal with each of my works.

Events & Memberships

2023 Paint Kerrville! Pleinair Competition (Kerr Arts and Cultural Center)

2022 Paint Kerrville! Pleinair Competition (Kerr Arts and Cultural Center)

Outdoor Painter Society