Artist’s Statement: Since 2005, I have created contemporary landscape paintings that strive to capture the essence of nature, as it feels to me at this time – sacred, stoic, and tranquil. I seek to conjure a particularly idyllic moment in time, and that moment need not be a named place, for one can look at it and see many places in it. I want the viewer to have a sense of connection with something more – my depiction indeed hints at a peaceful force beyond us that is benevolent. To wander through a forest is to be truly present in that remarkable goodness.