“In this moment of standing on the cruise ship’s deck last July, I remember feeling overcome with awe by the formidable scenery that stood before me. I was so struck by the colossal, majestic, visually stunning glaciers, and how they seemed to emerge out of the stillness of the water.
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Talking about painting and my experience visiting the Alaskan glaciers
Reid Glacier, Oil on canvas, 50" x 40"
“I create surprising color interactions that “bump” into each other, intensifying value contrasts, and acute details within larger shapes, as I render calving ice sheets, and the immensity of the glaciers.”
Margerie Glacier, Oil on canvas, 40" x 50"
“I articulate a distinctive physical windswept bend in John Hopkins Glacier, standing in contrast with a sense of wilderness through abstraction in areas of the canvas where I leave looser and raw and unpainted.
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John Hopkins Glacier, Oil on canvas, 50" x 40"
Topeka Glacier, Acrylic on canvas, 50 " x 40" & accompanied by preliminary watercolor sketch, 6" x 8"
“These unexpected, unintended broad brushstrokes and liquid drips evoke an unfinished quality, an inability to recall a memory, and to capture the feeling of awe that cannot be pinpointed once removed from the location.”
Glacier Watercolor Sketch Series: 3 @ 6" x 8". (Clockwise from left: Margerie, Lamplugh & Mendenhall Glaciers)
The preparatory watercolor studies capture the fleeting effects of nature and looseness of glacial form, and suggests a critical final step toward realizing the finished painting.
Senior Studio Seminar 2017-18