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 human interaction with the landscape and the sky.  Whether  it is snow drifting across roads and fields, a field with hay bales, or the patchwork and circles created by planting, irrigation and roads, the viewer gathers information by just observing what interaction has happened in that place.

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The titles of my pieces are usually answers to questions.  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.