After Snow, oil on canvas 42x42x2 inches with frame, 2024

Original oil on canvas 42x42x2 inches with frame, 2024.

Its brilliance return with the first sight of spring,

The sound of the birds hastens the evening glow.

The purple has special qualities to me. The smallest variation in density of tone is significant. Purple in this painting appears airy and atmospheric.

I like to paint the complexity of colors with a variety of strokes, layer after layer. From start to finish, each painting may take more than a month. I paint mainly with the palette knife to produce heavy textures and occasionally, in my final touches, use a brush.