My work centers on close observation of the natural world, with a particular focus on botanicals and the environments they inhabit.

At the core of my practice is a deep reverence for the abundance, resilience, and quiet beauty of plant life. I am drawn to vegetation that is often overlooked; wildflowers, grasses, thistles, and dense intertangled foliage.  I seek to elevate these forms through scale, color, and compositional emphasis. Through these paintings, I explore themes of growth, seasonal cycles, and natural vitality, presenting plant communities as active, living systems rather than decorative elements.

I work primarily from direct observation, spending time in meadows, prairies, gardens, and woodland edges, often during moments of seasonal transition. Rather than isolating individual specimens, I focus on ecosystems. Plants overlap, intermingle, and exist in relationship to one another, forming layered environments that reflect the complexity and interconnectedness of natural spaces. Human presence is intentionally absent, allowing nature to stand as the sole subject and protagonist.

My artistic choices balance realism with stylization. While the plants I depict are botanically recognizable, I use highly saturated, luminous color palettes to convey an expressive, heightened sense of place. Color functions emotionally rather than strictly descriptively. I build depth through layered compositions, with immersive foregrounds, dense midground growth, and backgrounds that soften into trees or sky. Visible brushwork and textured, painterly surfaces contribute to a tactile, organic quality that echoes the physical presence of the plants themselves.

My work aligns with contemporary representational painters working at the intersection of ecological observation and expressive color, drawing lineage from Post-Impressionism and modern landscape painting.

Through this work, I aim to invite sustained connection and appreciation for the vitality and complexity of the natural world.