I love to get out of the studio whenever possible to take part in the tradition of plein air painting. There’s something about hitting the road with a small paint box in the same way the Impressionists did; just my supplies and a desire to connect with nature. The figure may sometimes be present, maybe a vehicle, but most times they serve to populate the image rather than dominate it. Either way landscape provides me the opportunity to capture places both near and far while offering the challenge of dealing with changing light and a host of other problems that are specific to the genre of landscape painting.