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Artists Statement

There is no single definition of art. To me art is the product of an emotional expression translated
through a person by their media and actions. They feel and internalize an emotion of a scene or a mood
and translate that using their medium into an expression of that mood.

How they express it is most important. Does their expression communicate into something understandable?
Can the viewer feel the emotional meaning intended by the artist?

That has been my aim when I paint. My goal is very straightforward and very much like many expressionist
and impressionist artists before me. It is my hope to capture the essence, mood and atmosphere of what
I see translating with my actions, gestures, color, and brush stroke. Using the excitement of the paint
to create the mood I am feeling. In the bright sun the light bounces and vibrates off one object and
on to another changing the color and shape. Things many times are not what they seem. Objects change
in the vibrant light or are lost in the deep shadows. Because of the ever-changing light the view
is always changing. When we take this view a level deeper we find that the process of change is continuous.
Never ending.

Things are always changing. The atmosphere changes the mood, the mood changes the atmosphere; the storms
change the coastline; the coastline changes the people. Our science theories are constantly changing. Quantum
physics, string theory, etc. etc. Our communication systems are changing even faster. The point is that in
many of my paintings I am trying to express the transcendent quality of a solid object. The transient nature
of everything on earth and the recycling of energy in the universe are awe-inspiring.

I am ever fascinated with the paint and the brush stoke in relation to the energy of light. The visual
possibilities of light and color, and the energy it creates, can define an object in the painting and then
change it. How this translates into the painting is endless. To me this is the essenence of painting.

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