I’m always observing nature to find colors I can use in making paintings. As a result, I often find inspiration in my photographs of flowers—borrowing from nature’s designs—to captivate the eye while still challenging the mind to look deeply. For example, in this 4′ x 4′ Zinnia painting, I mixed 12 shades of pink.
45" x 60" Oil on canvas
Although I sometimes paint outdoors (en plein air), I often paint from photographs that I’ve personally taken. So I shot several photographs for this painting of ferns and projected one on a high-resolution monitor to guide my brushwork.