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A large painting (for me) using a technique I am developing that resembles technique of pointalism that Seurat and Klimt introduced in the early days of Impressionism, 1890 or so. Paint is "spattered" on to the canvas in layers that achieve jewel like saturation. Colors glow and values are attained with out mixing paint on the canvas but rather the artist's palette. I look forward to exploring such a process to apply to future work.

I paint on location a lot using canvas as a camera. Plein air painting is the zen of painting. It is being in the moment. It is a light poem reflecting creation from the mirror of a single soul. Light stopped in the fabric of time, becoming material. Starlight caught in the web of earth's karma on the eternal path of existence. I work en plein air daily as a gardener works his garden, in contrast to my studio work which is a reflection of what I've found most significant in those daily efforts. It usually has to do with light and substance. Light is the substance of the universe from which all is derived. It is a marvelous yet challenging privilege to be a painter. I love painting en plein air. It is a method that reflects today's world...