artist statement

Approach To Oil Painting

“Generally I work from field studies or photographs. In establishing the composition, I develop the large masses with colors straight from the tube, maybe lightened with white, or possibly thinned. Next, I evaluate this attempt to determine if lights and darks have been properly executed. Additional mixed colors are layered over the masses in either a wet in wet process or allowing the canvas to dry, a technique called scumbling. As the painting progresses, with the variation of color, the details began to come forth. The more variation within the masses, the more finished the painting becomes.”