Growing up in Kentucky, with all its natural beauty, and with the profound influence of an artistically inclined family, I started painting at age 15 and majored in studio art in college. I primarily paint in oils on canvas, but will venture into acrylics and watercolors, occasionally. My work is mostly landscapes of a realistic or traditional flavor, but again, with the sometimes random attempt at abstraction or more figurative subject matter. On other matters, I would say that I am also profoundly influenced by what I regard as spiritual experiences and I try to convey some of what I...more