My vision is realized through layers of rich color and closely observed form. I spend a great deal of time outdoors, looking at plants, flowers and birds and absorbing impressions of the natural world so that my work, despite its flirtation with abstraction, has a sense of veracity. My aim is to take the viewer to a completely different place than that depicted in traditional landscapes, a place that is somehow familiar but nontraditional. I invite the viewer to step in for a glimpse of the world that is in my mind's eye, a place of drama, mystery and harmony.

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