I grew up in the shadows of grain elevators.  Many years were spent in fields, hauling hay, working crops, watching the weather, and viewing the vibrant colors that nature and man created with the land.

 

​In my artwork I am creating an observance of the effects of light and shadow and how it interact with the landscape and the sky. These landscapes are often altered by human interaction.  It is the patchwork and circles created by planting and irrigation, snow drifting across roads and fields, that draws my attention. 

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The titles of my pieces are usually answers to questions.  These titles, or “answers”, are from conversations I overheard farmers and ranchers having as I was growing up working the land. 

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What I hope to achieve in using these “answers” as titles is to cause the viewer to create their own question that fits the “answer”, or title of the piece.  At many of my exhibits this has sparked lively and creative discussions about what is going on in the painting.  Each viewer brings their own unique ideas and stories to the piece, and thus a two dimensional piece of art begins to come off of the wall and becomes a personal, yet ever-changing experience.