With landscape and chiaroscuro being the principle vehicles in my work, I am exploring painting’s ability to express feelings of deep emotional significance to myself and, hopefully, the viewer. Can it be done with specific emotions in mind? How does one express powerful emotion and feelings that are abstracted and totally subjective? I don’t know, that’s why I continue to paint. It’s a matter of faith. I like to believe that my paintings are the tracks I leave behind me in my quest for the horizon. I am convinced that there are deep and powerful emotions that are common to everyone and my paintings strive to connect the viewer with those feelings; dramas that are impossible to describe in words. This is the underlying raison d’etre of my being a painter. It is not something I am conscious of all the time or, at least, I try not to be. My paintings need to live their own lives and to exist as spontaneous reflections of experience and for them to remain uncontrived.
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