Many of these paintings were born from places we’ve traveled, people who have shaped our lives, and the many homes we’ve known over the past 48 years. Revisiting those memories—through photographs and reflection—almost always leads me back to my easel or sketchbook. Photographs capture a moment, but they can’t hold the texture, depth, and quiet emotion that live in the experience itself.
Several of these originals are small studies—intimate pieces that help me remember meaningful people, wide-open landscapes, and the quiet majesty of animals encountered along the way. Each one is a way of honoring those moments, of giving them a tangible presence beyond memory alone.
I’m deeply grateful for the experiences that inspired them, and for the opportunity to translate those memories into something lasting.
These studies are reflections of moments that mattered—some complete just as they are, others that may one day grow into larger works—but each one stands on its own as a piece of a lived story.
Mike
