video 1.0 Vimeo http://vimeo.com/ DiscoveredArtists http://vimeo.com/discoveredartists 1 <object width="640" height="480"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=5233816&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=1&color=00ADEF&fullscreen=1" /><embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=5233816&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=1&color=00ADEF&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="640" height="480"></embed></object> 640 480 130 I work primarily in high quality oil painting and mediums as well as Sumi-e ink. My work is influenced by Sumi-e painting, the focus being the process: preparing my palette, tools and vision of the canvas. Each mark of my brush meets the canvas as an extension of my state of mind. Flowers, I paint wet into wet to capture the immediacy of the bloom-many times sculpting with a palate knife. Landscapes and portraits develop through many layers of transparent paint to achieve vibrant color effects. I finish with a glaze to give the surface a consistent sheen. I remain an avid student of "life figure drawing" which has always been a central inspiration for my work. Many of my paintings are from my travels to Europe, Asia, South and Central America. http://ts.vimeo.com.s3.amazonaws.com/174/576/17457672_200.jpg 200 150 5233816