Palm Tree and Sunset

A palm tree silhouette with a setting sun landscape.

Island Shore

An ocean landscape, soothing low tide, and deserted islands off in the distance.

Palm on Island

A paradise view from this ocean island landscape.

North Carolina Coast

Sweet sunset on the outer banks of North Carolina.

Green Spain

Beach landscape with umbrella.

Orange Beach

Beach landscape, the beauty of the orange Grand Strand.

Boats and Birds

Ocean landscape with orange sunshine, boats and seagulls.

Mar Menuda

A beach landscape in Spain

Parasols of Spain

A beautiful coast in Spain

One Over Water

An abstract piece that depicts a seascape, an island mountain surrounded by the ocean. A serene peaceful scene with a star floating over this beautiful body of water.

Dreamer’s Landscape: Artist Statement

The beach is more than a vacation spot, it is a mind set. In these paintings I try to capture the feeling of sand between your toes and the calming sound of the waves crashing on the shore.

Combining landscapes I see in my dreams and in my life with the texture of everyday objects, I find the inspiration for each piece. Taking an image and combining it with the elements of an old postcard or tattered vacation photograph, I am engaged to layer on paint, bringing textures out and into the scenes. Using brushes, rubber spatulas, fingers and sandpaper I work away at each piece until my vision is realized. Finally I finish them off with a wash or stain, adding age and depth.

Peaceful and restorative, like the ocean itself I try to bring on a calming effect with my work. These dreamer’s landscapes represent places deep inside my mind.

Tree at Dusk

A silhouette landscape of trees down east North Carolina.

Tree In Morning

A landscape somewhere down east in North Carolina.

Garden Hole II

Garden Hole

Landscape of something deep inside of a garden. Flowers are bright yellow and green, and the earth of brntumbers and dark browns.

Peak Upward

High up in the peaks of the mind or maybe Asia, comes this work of a mountainous landscape and fence dividing the observer and the subject of desire.

Flower Buds

Fog On Beach

A second piece in white, something from the beach covered with fog. Imagine the peaceful sound of waves from a morning ocean.

Pop Flower

Tall and unique flowers standing tall surrounded by an orange and rust background.

900 White

A soft white abstract piece, geometric squares and shades of pastel blues and whites. The painting will be submitted to be included in "The White Show" at the Visual Art Exchange in Raleigh, NC, from August 3-24, 2007