I’ve done a great deal of traveling and plein air painting over the years while absorbing images and experiences. Painting pure Visionary landscape is a way of bringing out all these experiences in an almost spiritual way. I get completely lost in the creative process. Unlike the plein air painting that can be done with friends, I must have total privacy and concentration to bring these paintings to life. I need to be quiet and internalize the sights, sounds, smells, tastes, and touches of a scene that is not physically in front of me. I have to create the entire reality of the scene as imagined through all five senses and keep it fresh in my mind or I can lose it. It’s not like I can take a photo of what I’m thinking!

If it weren’t for years of painting en plein air and endless sketchbook sensory drills, I would not have the ability to do my visionary work. The experience has given me the tools to create any mood or feeling I want in my paintings and to bend reality in the process to capture an imaginary world of heightened reality.

I’ve started a series of visionary paintings designed to capture a very special cycle of life. These paintings can come quickly or may take months to finish. I am thoroughly enjoying the journey and hope you will enjoy watching it unfold on this page over the next year and a half.

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