“I’ve always been fascinated by the rugged places of the American West… the wildlife, the landscape, and the men who chose to make a life there. Cowboys, mountain men and explorers – great selfsuficient men who lived off the land and followed a code all but lost to the progress of comfort and modern technology. These heros of my youthful imagination were not fearless men, but overcame fear to sometimes do great things… and other times just survive. It’s been said that character is forged from the fires of a hard life and the lives of these men were hard indeed. I like that. It’s something I try to keep in mind as I push through my own meager struggles.
With the gravity of the West constantly tugging at my painter’s heart, my work displays a strong Rocky Mountain influence. My paintings are built squarely on a foundation of careful observation, decades of drawing, and many miles-worth of worn boot leather.