Dreams of Flying
ARTIST STATEMENT:
"Everything I have ever done, and every piece of art I have made, has been influenced by a profound connection with nature. My paintings are not literally about trees or birds, but about that anti-gravity feeling of being lifted up.
My techniques include many layers of thin washes in both acrylics and oils, and some drawing with pastels and graphite. I soften and cover up the basic drawing to achieve a dreamy or at times out-of-focus appearance.
Trees, to me at times, look not so much like they are growing upward from the earth, but are hanging from the sky. I am painting the non-attachment of the spirit. What I paint is not what I see before me but where my spirit wants to be."
“Hold fast to dreams, for if dreams die, life is a broken-winged bird that cannot fly.” ~Langston Hughes
![](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/f9b535_ba4ccc33b73045bdbae24457509d1a87~mv2.jpg/v1/crop/x_0,y_0,w_800,h_616/fill/w_306,h_184,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_auto/f9b535_ba4ccc33b73045bdbae24457509d1a87~mv2.jpg)
"Dreams of Flying" at the Hill Gallery
![In A Loud Whisper](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/f9b535_e94dcf785701432283d7d320f0661bd0~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_144,h_66,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/f9b535_e94dcf785701432283d7d320f0661bd0~mv2.jpg)
22x48", Acrylic and oils on canvas.
![Arising](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/f9b535_c195ece82ab84b40a27332491689da30~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_144,h_65,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/f9b535_c195ece82ab84b40a27332491689da30~mv2.jpg)
22x48", Acrylic and oils on canvas. SOLD.
![Spring Movement](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/f9b535_e71af16f2969401ca468d408987f76d6~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_144,h_65,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/f9b535_e71af16f2969401ca468d408987f76d6~mv2.jpg)
22x48", Acrylic and oils on canvas. SOLD.
![Growing (NOT AVAILABLE)](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/f9b535_dc275dcff91d407d90e4baf9d8f242b9~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_144,h_65,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/f9b535_dc275dcff91d407d90e4baf9d8f242b9~mv2.jpg)
22x48", Acrylic and oils on canvas.
![In the Wind](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/f9b535_615f9593dac2405a95dde647dc4aa10f~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_144,h_66,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/f9b535_615f9593dac2405a95dde647dc4aa10f~mv2.jpg)
22x48", Acrylic and oils on canvas. SOLD.
![Grounded (SOLD)](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/f9b535_043ebe7abae54746809137537871d2f1~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_144,h_66,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/f9b535_043ebe7abae54746809137537871d2f1~mv2.jpg)
22x48", Acrylic and oils on canvas.
![O'er the Fields](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/f9b535_c9776439ce974e8ea964e9be21737136~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_144,h_144,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/f9b535_c9776439ce974e8ea964e9be21737136~mv2.jpg)
30x30", Acrylic and oils on canvas.
![Shoreline](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/f9b535_1149642607e7432bbeca6a2e5162d8c2~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_144,h_143,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/f9b535_1149642607e7432bbeca6a2e5162d8c2~mv2.jpg)
30x30", Acrylic and oils on canvas.
![Dream 1](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/f9b535_e45646a0c2924cdb9a67449bca4416f7~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_144,h_144,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/f9b535_e45646a0c2924cdb9a67449bca4416f7~mv2.jpg)
30x30", Acrylic and oils on canvas.