Much of my work focuses on landscape. I grew up in the south, surrounded by nature. I later spent 8 years living in New Zealand, inspired by the rain forest on the South Island. Though I have left that most wonderful land, I still dream of it. Some of my paintings are a celebration of the forest and the reaffirmation of life. I continue to be inspired by this land surrounded by the sea, with its unspoiled bush filled with ferns, and atmospheric conditions created by sun and rain.
I also have a enduring love of still life, of capturing the moments that are fleeting. The light moves, the flower droops, the idea changes as observation deepens. The negative shapes change, the colors can be magical.
While painting I attempt to do what many other painters have done : to interpret nature and create a way to express what I observe. My approaches differ according to the subject and condition but, most of all, by the temperament of the moment.
Paintings have a life of their own. Some leap into existence, while others need to be carefully natured from an idea or atmosphere.