About Weather Paintings

I am always drawn to places where weather unrolls along a horizon, suggesting a world beyond. Water, light and shadow are themes in all my work, from white water rivers to eroding sea cliffs. I am exploring them again in my current paintings of water meeting sky.

I use oil sticks, rather than brushes and oils in tubes. This brings me closer to the paint itself; more improvisation happens. The experience is sensual - I mix colors on the painting surface, with fingers, rags, scrapers. I don’t focus on details. No ships, rocks, fish or driftwood. These paintings could be thought of as poems: small, condensed statements in color rather than words. Like sonnets, they exist in a traditional form: sky – horizon – water, and improvise within the confines.