Artist Statement

This collection of paintings and drawings explore the space between observed landscape and remembered place.

The work moves between clarity and obscurity. Wildflowers appear in soft focus. Kudzu gathers into dense green tangles. A sky is framed by branches, as if seen from the ground looking up. Other scenes blur like a passing view from a car or train window. Some works lean toward painterly realism, while others dissolve into atmosphere. Together they consider the space between what is clearly seen and what is only partially remembered.

Much of the work begins with observation of the Virginia landscape: its vines, meadows, and shifting light. At the same time, memories of my New England roots surface, including time spent in my mother’s Vermont garden. These places overlap in the mind. Geography changes, but the emotional imprint remains.

Drawing and painting allow me to return to these moments. Drawing feels immediate and responsive. Painting unfolds more slowly through layers of oil and encaustic, where each stage invites reconsideration: what to sharpen, what to soften, what to let fade.

Like memory itself, the image shifts over time. Certain details come forward while others recede.