My work reflects my observations of natural landscapes, vast skies and wide-open spaces. My paintings rely on my memories of my travels to East Africa and of the views at home of Puget Sound, where I obsess over the feel of the skies, the bands of lines making up the horizon and the space that connects the two. Using only a palette knife, my language is a slow process of layers. I balance soft colors with a rough textural surface in order to translate my observations into personal expressions. Pulling from my experience in photography, I create a feeling of looking through or beyond the surface, as sometimes there are things that can only be seen or felt through a soft focus. Feeling for a sense of balance, I capture the essence of my ex... more