I’ve been an artist all my life. As a young boy, I quietly watched and studied how my father created paintings. It sank in. 
Bierstadt, Thomas Hart Benton, James Reynolds and many other artists have influenced me. I’m always studying the old and contemporary masters and learning. There is so much to learn.


For several years, I’ve been working on a series of paintings I call “Vanishing Vistas”, paintings of views here in the West that are changing or disappearing. They are more than landscape portraits; they are my interpretations of my world. I paint the mountains I’ll never climb. My work is representational but not photographic. They contain a lot of impressionism and abstract qualities.


I have a strong work ethic and very high artistic standards. I put a lot of time and a lot of myself into each painting. You can see it.


I strongly believe in the following…. “Originality does not define quality. Creativity does not define quality. Only Quality defines Quality.” I strive for quality.