Summer Lightness, 54" x 60"

Acrylic on Canvas.

"The last few days have been rather difficult and emotional. So I sat down in front of my rainy forest and did a little meditation before starting my day's work in my studio. Sometimes it doesn't take much to make everything better: a morning meditation, a bit of painting, a good cup of coffee, a kiss on the neck from the person you love, a dog snoring in front of the TV, a chocolate cookie.

That's what this painting is all about. The lightness of life."

Each painting invites viewers to truly immerse themselves in the forest, so they can better observe, smell, hear and reconnect with it. Through the play of light and by altering the dimensions of a subject, the artist shows how you can interpret a landscape in many different ways. Thus the depiction of say, a smudge of paint, can also be viewed as a particular shape, a splash of light, a piece of textured material – harking back to the spontaneity and distorted imagery that were characteristic of the Impressionist and Expressionist movements.