About The Artist

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I didn’t have a good understanding of myself before I started painting. I felt that most of the time, I was walking through this life surrounded by people but completely alone- in thought, in feeling, in dreaming, in reality. I felt that no one understood me, and that no one saw me. I longed to be in a place alone- a vast and open landscape without the external noise of others. A chance to sit with my feelings, without the judgement of others. Nature can be powerful in grounding us, and calming the mind. Nature is a paradox in many ways- lonely and comforting, moody and calming, joyful and sad. The landscapes I love to paint are sometimes just scenes in my head, some place that seems to be too far away to grasp, but somewhere I long to be. Places I’ve been dreaming of since I was little. I am drawn to painting landscapes because there is sense of comfort in the loneliness that I find in these scenes. Nature can be very grounding and quiet. Our lives are a constant overload of business and noise, and when I’m painting a landscape I feel that I can escape into it, and drown out the external noise and chaos. Often I paint foggy scenes, because I love how fog can create a sense of cover, and edit out the all the extra noise. Through painting, my inner landscape has grown in depth and understanding, tremendously. I often put myself or other figures into my pieces so that the viewer might project their own story onto the piece. 

England and Scotland have my heart in a way that is mystery to me. I have been painting scenes of these old world places to feel closer to it, to feel what it might be like to be a part of that world, that I believe is one way I was in a past life.  

I love painting landscapes, and how they can create an escape to another place.  Landscapes can be very calming, grounding, and quiet. They can also be very moody, lonely, and vast. They have the ability to make us feel at peace and centered in ourselves, and yet make us realize just how small we are in the world. Nature can be humbling in that way. It is through my landscapes that I love to play with these paradoxes.