Landscapes
These contemplative paintings cross paths with work from diverse periods. At first viewing, they appear as quiet landscapes, sharing common ground with the American Tonalists and French Barbizon painters. Upon closer inspection, there is an introspective intensity that relates to 17th century Dutch flower painting, as well as distinct tactile aspects, as sensed in the contemporary work of artists such as Gregory Gillespie and Joan Nelson.
Scale and format shift with time, but throughout the group is a reliance on linear complexity - lines tangle and weave to construct the foundation maze of landscape. Of equal importance to the image is a deep love for the physicality of oil paint, layered and worked with both delicacy and aggression. An overall process-oriented approach allows the paintings to develop slowly, gaining substance as they develop a life of their own.