By having a window into nature, inner beauty is reflected. In this series of work, titled “Windows and Mirrors,” I am interested in connecting people to the wild possibility of finding beauty in modern times. I reacquaint the viewer with the value of the natural world by mirroring personal and nostalgic experiences in nature from the past. I have always been struck by the magical qualities of light and color: how light can refract on surfaces and reveal new facets of the form to the human eye. Light can distort what is real, but I think what is mirrored in nature is what is true. 

 

In “Windows and Mirrors,” I portray underlying beauty by looking at scenes from strange, intimate perspectives that insert the viewer into nature. By compositionally cutting the trees at waist-height in the series' capstone piece, "Silver Birches," those who view the painting become one with the trees. In "Arches," "Amalfi," and "Manarola," the viewer is in a state of hovering vertigo, teetering over the edge of the cliffs. While beauty is sometimes fleeting, its presence is everywhere. I reflect bright tones, complementary colors and loose brush strokes upon the viewer’s interior so that they can see themselves in a new light. Abstract when close, my work achieves a resounding resonance and feeling of calm when you step back. I catch the viewer in this highly personal space between falling apart and coming together to span the gap between viewer and nature at the atmospheric scale.