Artist Statement: "As a boy, I spent my happiest days on my grandparents’ farm in Georgia, with its quiet and intimate relationship with earth and sun and rain. I was drawn to the colors of nature’s bounty, the design of the rows of cotton, the weathered wood barns, and the beauty of the meandering streams in low country settings. My creative process, first in photography and now in painting, is animated by the colors, patterns, and structures found in nature. Some paintings reflect serenity, some simple joy, but my goal always is to capture what I see as essential in each subject."