“My purpose is to invite the viewer to share a connection to my experience.”

My Process

My pastel paintings often begin on Uart sanded paper with charcoal and pencil sketches adding hard pastels to create value and colors that I later wash with alcohol to create a toned underpainting. I then build layer by layer, glazing with soft pastels to optically blend colors.

People sitting at outdoor tables in a European city street café, with a newsstand and historic buildings in the background.
In Process painting with various shades of blue, green, and yellow, featuring dripping and blending colors on a beige background.
In Process painting depicting a ferry docked at a harbor with several people standing nearby, watercolor drips and loose sketch outlines in blue, black, and pastel colors.
In Process Painting of a group of people sitting and standing outside a café or restaurant, with a blue awning, in an impressionist style.
In Process painting of an outdoor cafe scene with people sitting at tables under large umbrellas on a city street.
An impressionistic painting of people sitting and standing outside a café with umbrellas, on a city street.

Some marks remain true to the observed forms and colors, grounding the pieces in reality. Others are bold and expressive, designed to spark the viewer’s imagination and draw them deeper into the scene.

A city street at night with wet pavement, illuminated by colorful neon signs in Japanese, pedestrians with umbrellas, and cars with headlights on.
In Process Colorful abstract chalk drawing on black paper, with vertical streaks in blue, purple, red, yellow, and pink.
In Process abstract painting featuring vibrant colors including blue, purple, green, red, yellow, and black, with a mix of bold and soft brushstrokes creating a dynamic, textured scene.
In Process abstract painting of a city street scene with vibrant, blended colors and sketch-like building outlines.
A colorful cityscape painting of a rain-soaked street at night with bright neon signs, people holding umbrellas, and reflections on the wet pavement.
In process abstract painting of a city street scene at night, featuring neon signs in various languages, with a dark wet pavement reflecting colorful lights and a few indistinct figures walking.