I am curious about the way figures occupy spaces. Whether a museum, art fair, stage, apartment or farm, I want to illustrate how these figures disassociate themselves from one another or how they interact. I choose to paint scenarios that force me to examine and contemplate group dynamics and subtle personal responses. In "The Ranch," I'm depicting a metaphor. I painted horses I recently saw at my aunt's ranch in California. In it a pregnant horse prone to biting is locked away in a chorale separate from another group of horses. My aunt explained that they were split up because the pregnant horse was cranky and could not get along with her pack. I was so mesmerized by this dynamic; the single horse continued to eat and sit around her chorale and was unfazed by her seclusion. It appeared to me she lacked the loneliness and fear of criticism that might come from being sequestered, as I would have felt had I been in her place. Her acceptance of her situation fascinated me. From painting to painting this sort of idea varies. However, the overarching theme remains constant of being an individual within a group.

In addition to my conceptual subject matter i am also interested in how color can contribute to the mood of the painting.
I am moved to examine how a color can change when placed in direct relation to another color; like a person it is never a fixed entity. The use of color relationships determines the speed of intake for the observer. I observe the world today as being one rife with manufactured saturated-color and high-contrast images which force us to ingest their messages quickly: react, buy, do! In my work, I prefer to capture nuance through a palette controlling value and chroma, ultimately to surprise, delight and make curious.