My current series continues many of the themes of past work: a sense of mystery, and of images altered by time and movement. In a recent series, "Trees From a Moving Train", I became inspired by trees passing quickly by, through a train window, creating a feeling similar to that of images and thoughts passing quickly through our lives. There is sometimes a sense of place, sometimes not.

The "Small Notes" series is a group of paintings on 6"x 6" wood panels. I use oil and collage, and then cover the work with a thick shiny resin. The resin makes the work feel multi-layered and gives the paintings a sense of depth.

The "Trees and Water 'Scapes'" series continues my exploration of nature as a fertile subject for my work. These paintings are done on canvas, wood, and paper.

The "Blue" series: October, 2024
Grasses, Trees, Movement, Change: These are the aspects of nature which have always intrigued me. I want to preserve the images and emotional essence of our landscape that may or may not exist in decades to come. Seasonal changes (subtle) and climate change (dramatic) alter and sometimes eradicate parts of our natural world. When I began this series of paintings I was disturbed by what is going on in our world; wars, worsening global warming, political and social divisions in the US. and eIsewhere. I had the immediate impulse to paint BLUE: Blue for October 7th, Blue for Sadness, Blue for Purity, Blue for Democracy, Blue for a sense of optimism. These paintings are of the same or similar scene: Trees which have lost their pine needles, on their way to compete obliteration- a scene from the hill of my Truro house. But I could not bring myself to show complete destruction. Each painting, although similar, is different; each including an unknown, something about to happen. My work has focused mainly on landscape from many different places, and the changes that occur in nature as years go by. My process usually starts with drawing and photographing large scenes. I then select a portion of the photo or drawing that speaks to me to begin a painting. I work in oil on canvas, paper, and wood, sometimes using collage and resin. Landscape painting is for me, a meditative gathering-in of nature's constant changes, and its undercurrent of enigmatic mystery.