And occasionally a portrait of a friend. I work from what is actually present. But there is never a time when I can exactly replicate the images before me. You see, the landscape is forever changing. Light and shadows, seasons of the year, every moment gives a different view of the same scene.
Every sunrise results in a new horizon.
Even so, a person never smiles the same smile twice. In my work I seek to reconcile what is with what is about to be. Faithfulness in my work has to do with anticipation and emphasis. I attempt to catch the edges of an upcoming smile, the eyes welling up in tears, or the precision of the flight of birds across the sky. Seeking to anticipate the next moment or expression is the reconciling work my hands give to the emerging realities of the every day world.