2026
Acrylic and mixed media on canvas
24 H × 48 W inches
Original work. Signed and dated. Currently on view at the Daum Museum of Contemporary Art in Sedalia, Missouri, as part of Contemporary Visions of the West. Available for purchase. Shipping or delivery arranged following the exhibition.
Description:
These Western Skies That Bind explores the uneasy relationship between the vastness of the American West and the forces that shape our experience of it. A monumental storm system stretches across an exposed landscape, its weight suspended above a narrow band of earth. The sky becomes both a source of wonder and an imposing presence, suggesting the fragile boundary between beauty and danger.
I'm interested in the contradictions embedded in the Western landscape. A place historically associated with freedom, possibility, and expansion is also defined by vulnerability, extraction, and forces beyond human control. The approaching storm becomes a reminder that the land is neither passive nor permanent. It carries the evidence of what has passed through it, even as it continues to change.
Suspended between anticipation and uncertainty, the painting considers the invisible forces that bind us to a place, and the uneasy recognition that the landscapes we attempt to claim ultimately remain beyond our control.
2026
Acrylic and mixed media on canvas
24 H × 48 W inches
Original work. Signed and dated. Currently on view at the Daum Museum of Contemporary Art in Sedalia, Missouri, as part of Contemporary Visions of the West. Available for purchase. Shipping or delivery arranged following the exhibition.
Description:
These Western Skies That Bind explores the uneasy relationship between the vastness of the American West and the forces that shape our experience of it. A monumental storm system stretches across an exposed landscape, its weight suspended above a narrow band of earth. The sky becomes both a source of wonder and an imposing presence, suggesting the fragile boundary between beauty and danger.
I'm interested in the contradictions embedded in the Western landscape. A place historically associated with freedom, possibility, and expansion is also defined by vulnerability, extraction, and forces beyond human control. The approaching storm becomes a reminder that the land is neither passive nor permanent. It carries the evidence of what has passed through it, even as it continues to change.
Suspended between anticipation and uncertainty, the painting considers the invisible forces that bind us to a place, and the uneasy recognition that the landscapes we attempt to claim ultimately remain beyond our control.
