I find myself circling around landscapes, with some more realistic, some more abstract pieces, until I feel I have captured the feeling of a place at a particular moment in time. It delights me when other people respond to my work with a sense of recognition, not necessarily of the the view, but of a shared human feeling in nature, whether serene or raw.
Currently, I live mostly in California, but I grew up in the Northeast, and travel a lot. Most recently, I spent three months in the south of France, painting plein air practically every day. With strong ties to Massachusetts, I spend time in and around the marshes and ocean, and the hills, in that rugged state, with its pronounced seasons.
My great-grandfather started the first organization that helped people preserve private land for future generations,the Boston-based Trustees of Reservations, and I have been involved in saving open space much of my life. To live along the beautiful and warm Central Coast of California, where so much open space has been preserved by artists, and where I can almost always paint outside, is a daily joy.
