The practice of attention

I paint through observation, close attention to light, form, and the moments that reveal something essential. Whether painting landscape or figure, my work is driven by the same investigation: how does light transform what we see? What emerges when we truly look?

The Canadian landscape provides one lens for this exploration—verticality of forests, the quality of dusk, shadow and geometry. But observation extends equally to portraiture and figuration, where light moves across a face, defines a body, creates intimacy or distance. Each series asks the same question: what does light show us about the subject before us?

My practice is rooted in slowness. These paintings come from direct observation, from sitting with a moment until its depth becomes clear. Whether capturing the meditative pull of a forest or the quiet presence of figures in a room, I’m interested in what happens in that threshold of sustained looking, where the ordinary becomes luminous, where stillness invites reflection.

Oil on canvas allows for the layering and subtlety this investigation requires. I build light gradually, letting it reveal form, space, and meaning across the canvas.