About my work…
My paintings are an attempt to communicate with others the intensity of experience I feel about the subject matter of horses, cowboys, and culture of the living West. It is my hope that the viewer interacts with not only with the subjects in my paintings, but with me as an artist and the ideas that I‘m trying to communicate. The confrontation of complexity It is as a result of my personal life and experience that the figurative elements of each painting take form, and by taking the figure as a metaphor, the work is given universal significance. I enjoy being engaged in the folds, shapes and undulations in the cowboy’s dress and gear. Not as mere imitation but in creative exploration to bring to the surface the living inner reality that lies waiting to be discovered beneath the shifting impressions. It is my invitation to not merely “look” at the world, but to actually “see” the world with all of it’s richness and unfolding beauty. An exploration of ambiguity A recurring theme in my work is an effort to communicate the objects of which we are conscious while being aware of unconscious influences, and in the harmonious merging of the figures and backgrounds--the distinct and the vague, and the known and the unknown. I try to reveal my fascination with that relationship between that which we can control and the wonder of that which can only be attributed the accidental and the serendipitous. So the viewer may experience a rhythmic correlation between motion, form and brushwork, these painterly elements are arranged with subjective approaches that are designed to lift our cognitive veils beyond the ordinary to see the world in extraordinarily unique ways. It is the artist as both realist and dreamer that endeavors to reconcile the necessity of hard work with the need for aesthetic fulfillment needed by the human spirit. |
