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When the Crowds Have Gone was selected to be included in the Today's Masters feature of Fine Art Connoisseur Magazine , May/June 2023, Bringing Nature Indoors. Held in a private collection, the painting shows my favorite time of the year on the beach when winter sets in and the absence of sunbathers invites the soul to wander the dunes in the silence of the winter's stillness.
"In all of nature there exists a lifeful vibrant energy. Every rock, each blade of grass and even the air, is animated with this inate lifefulness. It appears for anyone to see, if you slow down enough to sit quietly with nature. Oil paint offers a means to explore and illuminate this intangible aspect of nature. If these paintings invite you to wander through the layers of the canvas surface or linger over a passage that resonates with you, then my hope is that they will leave you with the refreshed sp
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