"Everything is beautiful, all that matters is to be able to interpret." - Camille Pissarro

Welcome!

My Midwestern Landscapes depict primarily the Kansas landscape with an emphasis on the Flint Hills and Southeast region of the state. I strive to visually contradict the popular belief that Kansas is flat and uninteresting. It's the simple beauty of the area that keeps me painting day after day. The rolling hills and majestic skies provide daily inspiration for new work and drive me to solve the artistic issues of color and light, but the land provides more than that.  Small details such as the sun hitting creek grass, or the reflection of a distant pond are both exciting and peaceful to me. The mountains are constant source of inspiration to me. Elusive, complicated, and mysterious they call constantly. To convey the moment where the light was just right to tell the story and share the emotion keeps me coming back to paint the mountains nearly each day. 

My main goal for a painting is to have the viewer feel the peace and see the beauty that is so easily missed in our hectic lives.