As an artist primarily inspired by the outdoors, both land and sea, I am dedicated to the practice of plein air painting. I believe the term has become a bit misunderstood; it is often presented as a performance art, when in fact it is a form of study that dates back to the 1600s. My dedication to the practice of plein air painting is based on an essential need to have direct contact with my subject in a multi-sensory consciousness, and to seek the truth in my subject through what I call ‘visual veracity.’ When my understanding of a subject reaches a requisite level, I am liberated to explore the subject through my own voice, my own subjective truth. The amalgamation of understanding the nature of a subject combined with the interpretation of that subject through an artist’s personal nature is, I believe, how great art is born.
As an artist primarily inspired by the outdoors, both land and sea, I am dedicated to the practice of plein air painting. I believe the term has become a bit misunderstood; it is often presented as a performance art, when in fact it is a form of study that dates back to the 1600s. My dedication to the practice of plein air painting is based on an essential need to have direct contact with my subject in a multi-sensory consciousness, and to seek the truth in my subject through what I call ‘visual veracity.’ When my understanding of a subject reaches a requisite level, I am liberated to explore the subject through my own voice, my own subjective truth. The amalgamation of understanding the nature of a subject combined with the interpretation of that subject through an artist’s personal nature is, I believe, how great art is born.
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