A lifetime of immersing myself in landscapes, both in plein air and underwater, has allowed me to gain an intimacy with the natural world as witness, observer, and recorder. I consider my paintings a conduit to experiences in nature, a way to explore the dynamic evolution of environments and their ever-changing qualities. I’m drawn to watery places where the light, color and forms are both recognizable and abstract. My paintings reflect the heightened sensation of these universes in flux where blending colors intersperse moments of clarity. Through active surfaces, my works evolve as living organisms, developing their own languages and ecologies. I often layer, pour, and scrape away paint, inviting immediacy and memory to exist in equal parts. This process echoes cycles of organic growth and decay as well as ominous changes induced by humans. In the end, I always come back to the physicality of my materials. The sensuousness and fluidity of oil paint embodies what is both seen and felt in my encounters with nature, allowing for an aliveness to bloom across the canvas. I create these paintings to invoke a world of beauty, chaos, and turbulence, and to impel viewers to notice what surrounds them and lies below their feet.