Artist's Statement
For me there is a kind of quiet poetry in everyday objects and the living world around us. The warm glow of a ripe persimmon or the shaft of morning sunshine through the trees. I’m drawn to moments where light reveals something essential — a richness of colour and a sense of presence. That is what moves me and I try to convey those moments in my paintings.
Working mostly in oils, I move between intimate still lifes and expansive landscapes, finding a common thread in both: the relationship between light and shadow, and the way careful observation can transform the familiar into something a little more special. The small and the grand each carry their own kind of beauty.
My still lifes are an invitation to slow down — to notice the sensuous curves of ripe fruit, the cool surface of a vessel and the way a single object can hold a world of colour. My landscapes, by contrast, reach outward — into the forests, the shorelines and hills of British Columbia. The place that I call home and love so much.
At their heart, my paintings are an expression of gratitude for the absolute beauty that surrounds us, painted with the hope that viewers will feel the same reverence that I did while making them.
Working mostly in oils, I move between intimate still lifes and expansive landscapes, finding a common thread in both: the relationship between light and shadow, and the way careful observation can transform the familiar into something a little more special. The small and the grand each carry their own kind of beauty.
My still lifes are an invitation to slow down — to notice the sensuous curves of ripe fruit, the cool surface of a vessel and the way a single object can hold a world of colour. My landscapes, by contrast, reach outward — into the forests, the shorelines and hills of British Columbia. The place that I call home and love so much.
At their heart, my paintings are an expression of gratitude for the absolute beauty that surrounds us, painted with the hope that viewers will feel the same reverence that I did while making them.