I enjoy creating work that encourages an awareness of place and concept while also exercising intuitive expression. Keeping this in mind as I explore the subject of light, I have been creating cyanotype backgrounds that directly introduce sunlight into the paintings whose compositions are then painted from observed abstractions of the scenes where they were printed. This series is an ongoing body of work where I pay homage to specific sites and subjects - from local landmark documentation and architectural forms to climate change and elemental abstractions - through this photographic process of collecting light and responding in paint. Each piece becomes imbued with the light and shadow of its birth, a full circle moment I find beautiful, elegant and emblematic of the life cycles we are ultimately part of.
