My art may be categorized as an impressionistic
and modernist. Oil paints, watercolors, and the print mediums
are used to create vibrant and whimsical images. In addition
to the Santa Fe Society of Artists shows, my art may be viewed
at my studio and at Ke’vins
Place Contemporary Fine Art both in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
I find that energy, intensity, and rhythm of a piece of art
are what move me. There is a certain otherness which connects
with a greater sense of beauty and joy that I attempt to
achieve. My vision is not about a single aspect of art but
the dance of color and composition that magnifies the real
world.
I experience a strong spiritual connection to life. The combination
of the spiritual and physical world has given me a reverence
for the incredible beauty that surrounds us. My goal in creating
art is to find that energy underneath the place, person,
or thing which is the essence. I spend time sketching and
even making miniature paintings to get the composition and
color the way I like before beginning a larger scale work.
I am moved by the Impressionists and Post
Impressionists. The European artists that have influenced
my work are Degas, Cezanne, Bonard, Gauguin, and Van Gogh
as well as the Blue Rider Movement of Germany especially
Marc and Kandinsky. The regional art of the Taos and Santa
Fe art colonies that continually guide me is that of Victor
Higgens, Andrew Dasburg, Jospeh Bakos and Georgia O'Keeffe.
