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My paintings are inspired by the land I walk, by the lyrical beauty of the Finger Lakes. The forest edge, sentinel tree, and vistas afforded by the high field I visit daily are my primary subject matter. I work with acrylics on corrugated cardboard box segments. Often the material is seamed and creased—sometimes it’s even torn and warped—but I never try to conceal its up-cycled origin. Rather I embrace its rawness. Painting landscapes in portrait orientation is my wink and nod to the joy of confounding expectations.
All my acrylics are created by an iterative process of adding and subtracting paint. I start with ordinary indoor-outdoor primer to create a base that allows the subsequent layers of pigment to flow. Sometimes the paint is applied with brushes; other times, I use my hands. After laying down a layer, I work the surface by scrubbing, scraping, scratching, or spraying it. Often, this process is repeated over the course of days or weeks. I scribble and scrawl, I coat and then uncover, all in an effort to find the right balance between what is and what remains. Always I’m interested in transforming one thing into another—of continually exploring the relationship between the representational and the abstract. I’m most at home when walking the wilds; I’m most myself with paint covered hands working to express my experience of nature.
