As Trish Booth says," I grew up on a remote ranch in Montana. The Big Sky country instilled a love for its endless horizon as well as for the old barns and granaries where I spent much of my time. A dusty beam of sunlight through a window crack in a wall is still a wondrous thing to me. Vernacular and historic architecture along with landscape are the vehicles I use to convey isolation and otherness. Representational yet surreal, the paintings inhabit a twilight zone between reality and …
As Trish Booth says," I grew up on a remote ranch in Montana. The Big Sky country instilled a love for its endless horizon as well as for the old barns and granaries where I spent much of my time. A dusty beam of sunlight through a window crack in a wall is still a wondrous thing to me. Vernacular and historic architecture along with landscape are the vehicles I use to convey isolation and otherness. Representational yet surreal, the paintings inhabit a twilight zone between reality and imagination. Abstracting the images to various degrees further incorporates a sense of mystery allowing them to read as symbolic structures; as portals or refuges.
