Growing up in the clear light, vivid color and playground of shapes that construct the Colorado landscape has had a profound influence on the way that I see and experience the world. For me, seeing is a tactile experience—a journey in and amongst shapes, noticing the sensations of various textures, and feeling the warm and cool light as it dances with color. The electricity and energy of an environment at a particular moment is the current inspiration for my landscape paintings. I use oil on panel in an attempt to capture the intensity of these finite junctures of time and place. The goal of my work is to provide a vessel for multiple journeys into these moments, which can last much longer than the inspiring instant, itself.