It is a lesson in mediation to paint at an easel in an old building
along the Historic Ravenswood Industrial Corridor on the North-side of
Chicago with the elevated brown line train rumbling outside of north
light facing windows. Fortunate that I am a certified yoga instructor
and certified Reiki practitioner. Reiki is a Japanese system for
channeling universal life force energy to someone or something for the
purpose of healing. It was discovered by Dr. Usui in the late 1800’s.
The influence of these two practices contribute to the tranquility felt
in my abstract landscape paintings. I derive my visual excitement from
nature. Rather than re-creating a particular landscape on canvas, I aim
to express its essence through surface manipulation techniques, and
layers of colors to build rich textures. I am painting landscape from
the inside, this is a nonrepresentational approach to a traditional
genre, examining the way that nature enters the work of art
subconsciously in response to the sheer act of painting.

It was the thick texture on one of my large scale paintings, Majestic
Whisper, that caught the eye of Hollywood set designer, Dan Clancy.
After visiting my studio, he choose several paintings for the Universal
Studios blockbuster movie, "The Break -Up" with Jennifer Aniston / Vince
Vaughn. This led to an interview appearance on CBS Channel 2 Chicago
News and press coverage with Chicago Magazine, and Pittsburgh Tribune.
In 2009 / 2010 my paintings were featured on Lifetime TV new hit series,
“Drop Dead Diva.” Commissioned large scale paintings and monoprints are
included in the following prominent healthcare collections, Northwestern
Memorial Hospital, Chicago, IL, Lutheran General Hospital, Park Ridge,
IL Central Dupage Hospital, Winfield, IL and St. John’s Mercy Medical
Center, St. Louis, MO. According to Eastern philosophy the painted
landscape is spiritually restorative even when actual visits to nature
are impossible. There is a very real sense in which an original abstract
landscape paintings can calm and center you, offering those moments of
peace that you so desperately need at the end of a long hectic day.