About the Artist

After a fifty-year hiatus from painting I am now playing in paint trying to hone techniques and develop a style.  I have entered some regional Plein Air competitions with interesting results and some awards.  I do find myself smiling and chuckling while applying paint. 

Now I look at colors and shapes, at visual complex energy and calm nodals, and watch changing light.  Some artists intellectualize, me – I’m trying to make pleasing compositions that are stimulating reflection and fun.  We all are fueled by our observations and imagination.  Today I believe a picture after achieving great composition, pleasing contrapuntal forms, and perhaps challenging colors is to be a tool to unconsciously   lead the viewer to observe, think, and muse to their own amusement and satisfaction.