Statement:
I select figures from my large collection of old photographs to use as subjects for my paintings and am interested in the fact that, although the people in the photographs may be strangers, they seem almost universally familiar. I live on a ten-acre farm and the animals and rural landscape around me also provide inspiration. All of the imagery in my work has a strong sense of memory, history, and nostalgia, which is enhanced by the distressed surface of the canvas.