Light has been the protagonist of painting since artists first put pigment to substrate. Light informs so many things—more accurately, everything—we see. I carry on that tradition through representational landscape painting. Fixating on light allows me to describe form in color temperature, value, saturation, and hue in a way that gives the viewer a sense of place. That’s the underlying goal. To communicate the feeling of a space with which the viewer’s connection is undeniable. The rich hues and luminous qualities that oils provide have been an inevitable, if joyful vehicle for me to express what I see.