Golden Years

Golden Years is a seminal work for my new direction, or I should say my new branch, of painting. I have become engrossed recently in casting shadows of plants and trees and using them as templates to create hyper-realistic renderings. The darkened recognizable image is coupled with my characteristic abstract landscape background and acts as a framework inviting the viewer to look through and into the space, piquing his imagination with respect to the abstract environment in the manner of a stained-glass window. I'm hoping that the blending of these techniques makes my art more accessible to a broader audience. In developing this style of painting I've come to a much greater appreciation and awareness of the beauty and boundless variety of vegetation in my own environment, which is very much in line with my new "religion" of worshipping trees since moving away from the inspiration of fortune cookies.