The unbearable lightness of being.

In my work, I often explore themes of entropy and mutability. I work in various mediums such as oil and soft pastels to achieve a multi-dimensional effect of blurred borders and overlapping shapes that are melting into each other. My landscapes are attempts to catch a moment of light that will never repeat and will never come back. Nature absorbs us all back into its fold and we become part of the landscape dissolving in its glory, mingling with its relentless desire to live, procreate, and survive.

In my landscapes, I explore the unstable state of nature and life as it trembles on the threshold of death. As we pass from one state to another, we mingle with earth and grass, forever changing and dissolving. In my work nothing is stable, neither color nor shape. Through the use of adjacent colors and overlapping circular shapes I seek to capture the ever-evolving state of beings. The endless march from order to entropy is the central theme of my practice.

The Water of Love Deep (2022)triptych was inspired by the Wallkill River in upstate NY. It is a murky brown river flowing through the Catskill Mountains’ northern valleys. The river is quiet and full of mystery as if Rip Van Winkle, a legendary man who drank the magic potion and had fallen asleep for twenty years, is slumbering deep beneath its opaque yellow waters, waiting for the right time to wake up. The horizon line is high and it connects the three panels into a single horizontal composition.

My painting style is inspired by pointillism, impressionism, photographs by Sally Mann, and landscapes of upstate New York.