.do you take a lot of nature photographs as source material for your work? how do you use them? I have a large collection of nature photographs that I’ve taken over the years,  mostly in the Hudson River Valley. I also make a lot of nature drawings. So when I’m inspired to paint I have this vast selection of materials to choose from and to work with. .why have you chosen to reduce and generalize your color, as if moving towards a monochrome, yet also enhance or pump it up? I use the concentric rectangles format so that each section has its own freedom to be monochromatic. It frees me because each space is like its own room or chamber, so the painting doesn’t have to be a typical landscape painting. With a landscape, the choice of colors obliges the viewer to see it as seasonal nature—such as spring or fall—which I want to avoid. What I’m trying to get at is something like the spirit of nature, the incredible creation of the organic forms that contribute to my view of the world. The colors always move from outer darkness toward the center, from darkness to light, or from light to dark, from the center out. In the process, the contrast is very important, so I use very high-key colors > read more

Earth Wave IX, 2011; acrylic paint on linen; 24 x 20”; $ 18,000

Earth Wave X, 2011; acrylic paint on linen; 20 x 60”; $ 30,000

Earth Wave VIII, 2011; acrylic paint on linen; 40 x 120”; $ 75,000

Earth Wave VII, 2011; acrylic paint on linen; 83 x 59”; $ 65,000

Earth Wave III, 2010; acrylic paint on linen; 36 x 32”; $ 25,000

Earth Wave IV, 2010; acrylic paint on linen; 83 x 59”; $ 65,000

Earth Wave VI, 2010; acrylic paint on linen; 36 x 32”; $ 25,000

Earth Wave V, 2010; acrylic paint on linen; 83 x 59”; $ 65,000

Earth Wave II, 2010; acrylic paint on linen; 86 x 72”; $ 70,000

Ephemera VII, 2009; acrylic paint on linen; 24 x 20”; $ 18,000

Ephemera V, 2009; acrylic paint on linen; 24 x 20”; $ 18,000

Web, 2009; acrylic paint on linen; 36 x 32”; $ 25,000