Van Ness Artist…

I am an oil painter, painting figures, animals and abstracts. I hold a BFA from the Kansas City Art Institute and an MFA from Fontbonne University.

Painting for me is how I organize my thoughts and communicate. In this busy world painting calms my mind and brings peace to my soul. I feel as if I soak
up information and spit it out on the canvas. My painting method is very intuitive, I let the painting take me were it will. I create abstract, abstract-expressionism and impressionism in my art. I will lay down colors with an idea, using oils then adding other materials as needed. Mostly I work spontaneously and the painting will take me where it will.

I was drawn to oil painting because of the expressive qualities I can create. Communicating my feelings of the moment through paint is my goal. What is going on in the world around us is important to me. The meditative feel of moving paint around a canvas and the therapeutic application of color is what
I crave. 

I'm drawn to impressionist painting, inspired by Post Impressionism. Van Gogh, Renoir, Degas, Lucian Freud and Jenny Saville are inspirations.