As suggested by the poet William Wordsworth, one can recollect moments in
tranquility. One can then stretch out these moments while painting a scene.
I might rush around on a trip, but I paint my memories slowly, all the more
to enjoy them.
Many of my paintings are set in southern France and are based on trips that
I took there in 2005, 2007, and 2011. Clearly, the colorful buildings
and lavender fields of that region appeal to the artist in me. While
in France, I also visited Paris and the chateau country near Tours, and some
of the paintings are of scenes from those areas. Other paintings are based
on trips to Italy: Lake Como and Tuscany in 2007, the Amalfi Coast and Capri
in 2009, and Tuscany and the coast near Lerici in 2012. |