"Working in oil, acrylic and pastel mediums I try to capture the dynamics of the interplay of color, light and atmosphere by emphasizing the shapes, which they create.

I try to reduce each scene to only the essential elements and strive to not concern myself with illustrative detail.  Detail, as such, is suggested.  I play up the elements of color and value creating contrasting relationships of hard and soft edges, opaque and translucent paint, warm and cool colors, dark and light values. 

To establish the representational aspects of a scene I use tonal and impressionistic color and then add strokes of open color accents for personal expression and interest.