I'm a landscape lover pulling inspiration from my favorite vacation destinations for my creative choices; translating the beauty and atmospheric feeling of these places into marks, color, texture that often result in dramatic shapes, gestural lines, and visual tension

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Most of my travels take me to two regions that couldn't be more opposite: the So-Cal desert and the Hawaiian tropics. Aside from their differences, they have one alluring thing in common: time has a way of standing still and you find yourself getting lost in your surroundings.

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Though I use reference photos that I've taken from my travels for inspiration in the studio, I don't always focus on creating a loose rendition of a photo. Often, I will instead deconstruct the image in a very abstract way and infuse my work with the feeling or 'mood' of these places.

 

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