I call my paintings “visual haiku” after the Japanese poetic tradition of observing nature ferociously until substance gives way to spirit. Like haiku, they are meant to represent moments of heightened awareness and existential beauty. I feel that focusing lavish attention on the mundane elevates it to the sublime. Objects become complex in proportion to the attention one pays them.

The paintings are notable for their large scale as well as their attention to detail. In fact, size is often the message. By painting a small subject on a grand scale, I’m asking the viewer to see the everyday world with childlike awe.