For many art is an attempt to make visible the invisible. What are the underlying forces? How can one express the mystery beyond surface appearances? It is in nature that I am most able to sense this mystery. As a painter I attempt to relay this sense, not through imitation but through expression. In expressing nature there is less interest in external appearances and more focus on the forces, energy, and dualities such as dark and light, warm and cool, straight and curved, bright and muted, freedom and control.