My goal is to build a visual dictionary within my landscapes that have a defining clarity of location, time and mood. I paint the solitude of landscapes. The outer Cape is very familiar to me and my landscape of choice. It is a symphony of places and moods. I am drawn to it in every season, but more so in the fall and winter. There is where I experience the moments and paradoxes that play out in full fury or in peaceful stillness. It is a concert of contrasts. I strive to create a visual imprint on canvas of the stark and elemental natural beauty found in nature’s elements. I try to seize the light, moisture, color and mood. I use memory, experience, research and imagination. When I am working I choose elements of painting that will help me make a visual connection to where I want to be. The process is a journey of choices. Often the choices are made intuitively, somehow “understanding” what notes come next. Each passion is like eating chocolate cake… go for it all the way.

My passion is looking forward to solitude, production and discipline of painting (and eating chocolate cake). It means being in my studio for long periods of time, using wonderful tools of expression. I love the challenge of making a personal statement as clear as I can. I am constantly thinking to myself that “less is more.” When I understand myself and know my subject well, my personal response is in the painting; that which is within me.