They swim, they make love, they experience each other and the nature that surrounds them as an animating force. I paint them as if I am watching a dream or a fairy tale unfold. With my brush I work to find the light of their surroundings or a glimpse at their personality, exploring the touch that becomes the distinctive qualities of their flesh.

Each painting begins in a state of suspension—of time, of movement, of light—the figures a combination of corporeal beings and psychic energy. I am interested in them as a counterweight to the entombing world of highways, phones, emails, and the constant barrage of clicks and likes. They mature naturally through time and iterations, finding connections and meaning in their bare, animal state.