PASTELS

Nature is unpredictable and roiling and talkative, wild and fun, and full of surprises. There is no smoothing over here, no patting down of landscape to make it look safe, manageable and picturesque. Instead of the viewer pressing reality onto the surface – thereby pushing nature back, I want my paintings to pulsate with nature’s undercurrents and hidden elements, working and wriggling up from the inside to reveal themselves, popping out to meet the viewer.