I find my subject material in my favorite place, nature. Most of my floral paintings have come straight out of my own garden, from the fertile Midwest, through the hills in Texas, the lush sub-tropical Florida landscapes, and even metropolitan urban gardens. The natural world is my temple and I want viewers of my art to feel a spiritual connection.I strive to use colored pencil medium in a painterly manner; heavy, very similar to encaustics. By using many thick layers, and burnishing through warmth of movement and using softer pencils in the final layers, I hope to create a lustrous and rich...more
