Experimental Style

An example of this experimental style is the way I approach the painting of a landscape. My theme is usually that of the creation of light onto a path. The painting itself is a journey down this path. The method that I most like to use to create this setting is that of pouring paints onto a surface of paper, canvas, or wood. The effect of this technique is a more natural way of creating the appearance of atmospheric perspective.

It is also a way that J.W. Turner developed some of his fantastic seascapes.

Once I am satisfied with the budding background, I began to take recesses from the piece. It is then that I meditate on what the painting is telling me. From that point, it appears to evolve out of itself.

In this process, the real work starts. It is a struggle to bring about, with paints and brushes, the other parts—parts that come from my mind’s imagery. Often, I think of good versus evil when this is occurring. In the push-pull of warm and cool colors, to make objects advance and recede there is a sort of battle that takes place to see which side wins. Always, though, it is the light that I seek—The light and harmony.