About

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I live in a beautiful part of the world.  Because we see it everyday, that beauty becomes commonplace and therefore, at times, invisible.  We may pass a scene a thousand times but, 

on a given day, the light is just right or the weather conditions are unusual or we’ve never taken notice at this particular time of year.  That’s what I look to capture – a scene that may be familiar but, because it’s at a unique moment in time, we’re actually seeing it for the first time.

"Art is a collaboration between God and the artist,  and the less the artist does the better."   Andre Gide

"To paint is the thing, not to make masterpieces"  Henry Miller

"You don't learn to paint, you learn to see"  Anonymous

"Don't wait for inspiration, it only happens while you're working"   Henri Matisse

"If I could say it in words, I wouldn't need to paint"  Edward Hopper

"The important element of a picture cannot be defined, cannot be explained"   Renoir

"I don't create meaning.  The meaning is already there, I just tap into it" Bo Bartlett

"In practice we strive for perfection knowing it is unattainable so that we may achieve excellence in the game"   Vince Lombardi