When I step out into the farmland that stretches just a mile away from my studio, it's not about capturing every detail as if I'm holding a camera. Instead, what really touches me most is the human side of it all—the structure of the fields in fall and winter. Those seasons seem to strip the land down to its essence. It's raw. And that's what I love to paint: the feeling behind that starkness, the emotion of the moment .
I've found that wandering through these fields, especially during the colder months, makes everything a little more alive. The land just feels exposed, kind of like it's letting you in on a secret. So, my process starts with walking around, sometimes driving, just taking it all in. I’m not exactly sure what I'm looking for, but when I see it, I know. There's something in the light or the way the wind moves through the fields. It's that odd moment when a scene grabs you and says, "Here’s something" and you can't help but try to capture that.
Painting Emotion, Not Details