Intimate

“I have to remind myself to dig deeper to make a greater connection—to venture into the woods, spend some time under the branches, and get close.”

Quiet

“The quiet that I want to explore is not silence or absence of sound, but the feeling of inner calm. Nature gives us a chance to breathe.”

“California is a landscape of great variety: rugged coast, snowbound mountains, expansive Central Valley and parched desert. Even more intriguing to me are the commonalities in what is different.”

Divergent

“We usually experience turbulence as abrupt and violent. Out of the blue, the plane is shoved sideways. That is one kind of turbulence, but another kind is subtler: a disruption, a stirring of the pot, the movement of a storm. There is oscillation, yet the surface swirls in a pattern.”

Turbulent

Majestic

“Water creates a visual boundary. It strikes a contrast between solid and fluid, questioning what is permanent and what is transitory, what is representational and what can be impressionistic.”

Edges

“I seek that place where the fixed and permanent brush up against and interact with the transitory and fleeting. From intimate and subtle details to the grand and majestic landscapes, there are patterns to be found, discoveries to be made, and stories to tell.”