Vermont is where I grew up and is my native land. Returning to the green mountains each summer to paint the landscape continues to be a main of focus in my practice. In the winters my family and I head to our quiet home in Ghana, where I paint seascapes and village scenes full of boats and vibrancy of life. The balance of the two places keeps my interest in subject matter fresh, while marking each year’s success and progress. Though it has become my work now and carries with it a pressure to provide, it has added an intensity of focus to push my work to a new level. I think Robert Henri best states my feeling of what it means to move forward as an artist when he says, “all outward success, when it has value is but the inevitable result of an inward success of full living, full play and enjoyment of ones faculties.” For more information contact Vermont Fine Art Gallery.