Nature has an internal beauty that often goes without any notice…we are so busy that we cannot unravel the soothing peace of a landscape, the meaning of dawn, the burning cold wind of winter that turns the fields into a fiery yellow…we assume winter is grey, and we do not notice its beautiful colours…we see barren trees and miss the flowers that are just starting…
As night darkness slowly advances we are not aware of flying birds flocking to seek a nest in the sweet soft light that speaks peace.
When I paint people it is because I catch their inner world that manifests itself in particular places of nature or things that will talk back to them in those moments of introspection; they become immersed in a dialogue with the world surrounding them; that is when I catch their glaze and their posture in my paintings…
There is so much magic around us, so much of the Spirit of the Creator hovering over people, nature, situations, and I pursue that Spirit….