Selected Paintings
These paintings were painted directly from the subject, from life. When painting this way nothing is static. Light changes, shadows grow or shrink. The sitter shifts their weight. Even the painter’s demeanor affects the composition. At first, it's a dialogue between artist and subject but, soon the painting itself begins to speak. It is that third voice within this triad which dictates the more physical elements of painting like directional mark making, opacity, texture and even color. This is where I like to spend my time, in an ever evolving conversation with subject and painting, contemplating something as elemental as the drag of a loaded brush against the weave of a canvas.
