I make large scale landscape paintings with oil, on canvas, and small scale self portraits, with gouache, ink, watercolor, charcoal, and gesso on paper. The practice of each informs the other. In painting, I focus on creating a balance between representational and abstracted elements. The representation is made through the practice of drawing on the canvas, working to make each view specific and recognizable to those who are familiar with that landscape. The paint itself becomes the vehicle to allow for abstraction. In drawing, I allow the gesture precedence, worrying less about representation. My goal for each piece is to be representational in the whole while never being representational in the parts.