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Artist Statement

“Nature is beautiful, yes, but it is quite indifferent to us. Downright terrifying, sometimes. But it’s a siren’s song. We’re compelled to engage with it, time and time again. We venture deeper, we climb higher, testing the waters and ourselves to see how far we can go. It’s within those wild, secret places that awe and wonder still exist—a secret reward awaiting the hero who seeks it out.

Maybe we’re all just trying to get back to the source when there was no ego, no neurotic nonsense we carry around. Nature gives us that obliteration, even in small doses. It strips everything away and leaves us saturated with a deep sense of meaning we can feel (even if we cannot put it into words). And for one small moment, perhaps we feel complete.

That’s what painting landscapes means to me.”