My work interprets contemporary Florida with historical materials. I work in oils, bamboo brush and ink, silverpoint on gesso panels. I'm interested in tangible qualities that emphasize the nature of the materials while revealing the artist's hand. My panels are completed en plein air. The site locations in my work are throughout Pinellas County, FL. The sites are natural, urban and industrial. The are places a local would know, and would pass by on foot. Even the swamps are small tracts between residential and commercial development.