Within the traditions of color field and landscape art there is a persistent effort to capture one’s surroundings subjectively and objectively. The core method to my approach in continuing this tradition is to put into form the physical qualities of oil paint as they relate to land and structures.
The importance of maintaining a regard for the elements that comprise oil paint is one worth pursuing. It is my goal in each work to present the medium in a manner that optimizes their richness and variability. A significant portion of our natural surroundings are interposed with manufactured structures. The parsing out of how these two divergent features interact is the end result painting,
The paintings present for consideration the irreplaceability of physical paint, canvas, and manual application to form art. This is not a rebuke of digital art, but serves as a refined practice of which cannot be recreated.
Line, shape, and color applied by hand provides a distinctive feel and impression upon the viewer that is rooted in timeless development.
From a cultural perspective, the regrounding function that human-made art serves is a counternarrative to screen-based visual art. The mutual participation between viewer and artist is innately connected. A slowing down effect occurs during the pause and reflection when physical art is experienced. It is in these paintings whereby I present an experience to be taken in.