Between Vancouver and Seattle, where the San Juan Islands meet the Cascade Range, I find endless inspiration in the shifting moods and colors of the Pacific Northwest. The fog that drifts through cedar branches, the silver light on salt water, and the quiet movements of creatures - from slugs and squirrels to bobcats and bears - all find their way into my work.

My paintings begin in abstraction, where emotion and memory shape the landscape before it takes recognizable form. Watercolor allows for a kind of controlled chaos - a dance between pigment and water that mirrors the unpredictability of nature itself, in contrast, oil painting invites a slower rhythm, a layering of color and texture that deepens my connection to place.

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