Artist Process
My inspiration springs from the challenge of interpreting nature with the spontaneous and fluid medium of transparent watercolor. I paint in a traditional style using large brushes with bold, fast, wet-n-wet strokes delivered in an “alla prima” style.
I prefer to work in the studio, even though I use the same techniques as when painting on location. My subjects are taken from my sketch book journals. These sketches and photos, along with written descriptions, short poems, and narratives of the scene combined, jog my memory bringing the moment of inspiration back to life. To maintain my emotional connection with the subject I work one painting at a time completing as much of the painting as possible in the first wash. I work with the full range of value using the paper as my whites. This approach makes it necessary to plan every detail of the watercolor before applying paint. Relying on my detailed sketch as my reference, I draw only enough lines on the paper to mark the placement of key large shapes, whites, and architectural details.
I paint standing to have the range of motion necessary to dance the paint onto the paper. My brush strokes and color changes are driven by rhythms and beat of selected the music. Guided by artistic intuition, I make adjustments to edges and values as I paint in order to coax my will onto a medium that has a mind of it’s own. Great care is taken at the final stages of completion to convey the original concept to the viewer while not overworking or destroying the beautiful spontaneous freshness of the watercolor.
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