My most recent work is centered on the idea of the iconic American vista and the way painting has become a way of understanding it. I am interested in the historical role of painting in the development of an American identity and sense of place. What is invention? What is mediation? What is uniquely American? What do I expect to see in these so-called sublime spaces? Why am I, like so many, drawn to them?

My paintings represent landmarks of human invention. Hovering between the optimism of modernity and the irony of postmodernity, these representations of the contemporary landscape embody the tension between man and nature, but also explore the human urge to create visible markers of identity and place.