MY STATEMENT

Have you ever been driving down the road and glimpsed something in the

landscape that made you turn your car around and return to see it again?

That's what I want my paintings to express. Whether it's the lighting, the

colors, the shapes or all of the above, that's what I'm trying to capture on

canvas---a picture that you never tire of viewing because it brings back

memories, a place you want to live in or visit.

My paintings begin with an awareness of the light and dark shapes before me.

When a subject calls to me, I begin with sketches to establish my

composition and the painting's sense of color relationships. Then I transfer

the sketch with a black grease pencil in more detail to the larger painting

surface. After undercoating the entire white surface with a transparent wash

of raw umber liquid acrylic paint, I begin painting from darks to lights

until finished. Like creating a musical composition, it should have rhythm,

tempo and harmony as well as soft-hard and warm-cool passages. The eye

should be drawn to the center of interest then wander around the rest of the

picture, pausing briefly before returning to the beginning.

The result is my extremely delicate, yet tactile, manifestation of natural

forces and light. The paintings possess qualities meant to outlast the

viewer's initial infatuation, qualities that will endure well into succeeding generations.

AWARDS & HONORS

Designated Honorary PSA Lifetime Member, 2018  

Colorado Governors Art Exhibit and Sale, 2018

Coors Young Guns National Western Art Exhibit & Sale, 2017, 2018

Pastel Society of America, 2007, Elected Master Member

Pastel Society of Colorado, 2012, Elected Master Member

Pastel Society of Colorado Online Exhibition, 2016, Best of Show

Pastel Journal Magazine Ś100 Best Pastels, 2005, 2007, 2012, 2016, 201 7, 2018

Southwest Art Magazine Media Award Winner, 2015

Association of Pastel International Societies, 2015, Master Circle Medallion

American Impressionist Society 15th National Juried Exhibition, 2014

International Association of Pastel Societies 24th Juried Exhibition, 2014

Colorado Plein Air Juried Exhibition, 2014, Silver Award

Plein Air Artists Colorado 18th National Juried Exhibition, 2014, SilverAward

International Association of Pastel Societies 24th Juried Exhibition, 2014

International Association of Pastel Societies 10th National Convention

2013, Juried Exhibition Bronze Award and Pastel Painting Demonstrations

Richeson 75 International Annual Juried Exhibition, 2010, Best of Show

I have also been featured in

many leading art publications

such as Southwest Art,

the Pastel Journal, International Artist,

and PSA's Pastelagram.