As you examine the artwork on these pages, you may notice several characteristics: They employ a bold and vivid use of color, even while staying representational in nature; they contain a high level of detail, particularly in the colors; and the image portrayed begins very close to the viewer. The use of color and emphasis on details is most evident in my pastels (see the Main Gallery), but you can also see it in my Asian-style paintings (see the Asian Gallery.

In Asian ink brush paintings, "color" is taken to mean shades of gray. While a painting may consist only of shades gray with black and white, one can still see the lush green of a meadow in springtime, or the bright reds of a hillside in autumn. Here, the colors are either muted, or exist entirely within the mind of viewer... but they are indisputably present. You may read more about this in my page on techniques.

A great many artists start their landscape paintings at a distance of 20 feet or more from their easels. This is a recommended procedure found in many art books and it produces a comfortable image with normal perspective. However, I desire to achieve a very intimate painting. The viewer should feel what I feel, entering into the painting in the same way that I enter into the beauty that I see. For this reason most (but not all) of my paintings begin within a yard or two of my own feet.

For the same reasons, nearly all of my paintings are plein air paintings -- they are nearly entirely painted on location, with minimal usage of "reference photos." In this way I best can convey to you my most honest and intimate impressions.

Color, detail, and honesty are all important to me, as these derive from my entrancement with the marvels of the Creation which surrounds us. Every crevice is exploding with life and color! My goal as an artist is to express the beauty that I see, and share it with you, the viewer. This beauty is more than superficial, as I am also a scientist and a person of faith. Thus, the aesthetics of color and form are integrated with those of mathematics and spirituality. I see all of these things as God's attention to detail and beauty. This is a colorful world -- may it remain ever vivacious!

When I sit and paint, I try to allow the Lord to speak to me through His handiwork and I attempt to express His "words" as I experience them. If you enjoy my paintings, therefore, I hope you will allow yourself to give praise to God (however you might understand Him) for His Beauty which He expresses when He painted this world of wonders.