Monterey

Through breaks in the vegetation, the Pacific appears only in glimpses, a band of cool blue light beyond the rolling terrain. A sweeping diagonal of shadow cuts elegantly across the composition, guiding the eye down the slope while amplifying the warmth of the sunlit grasses around it. Though rooted in observation, the painting delights in the elasticity of paint itself. Finger-painted passages blur and loosen the landscape just enough to keep it alive, allowing foliage to flicker between description and abstraction.