As an artist, what captures my attention is the simplicity of everyday instances. Light falling on snow, the colors and textures of an old building, people engaged in activity or quietly preoccupied, the solitude of a mountain stream or the grandeur of a desert plateau. Everywhere I go I see a possible work of art. The joy is being able to create that art and showing others what I experienced at that moment. I was raised in the beautiful desert and mountain lands of eastern Utah. From an early age I have had a desire to put on canvas what I have learned from this land. As an adult I have had the opportunity to live in northern Utah and paint the pastoral valleys and rugged mountain landscapes. My painting style has developed by trying to capture the freshness of a fleeting moment or a time of day. If I labor too long capturing the moment it seems to fade away. I enjoy working alla prima (all at once) or en plein air (out of doors). If I can say what I want with the stroke of the brush or pastel, that is what I strive for.
