There & Back

I spend a lot of time on the rural roads between Hillsborough and Saxapahaw, NC, ferrying my kids to and from school. My paintings often originate from scenes I pass. In these quiet 80 minutes each day, I allow the pressures of parenting to melt away, my only goal to remain curious about the places I pass four times a day. Though I see these places over and over, I am in awe of how they change daily or weekly depending on weather and season. For this show, I sometimes took videos from the window of my car and used stills from the videos as my reference photos. Other times, after dropping off the kids, I’d pull over and take a slew of photos of one particular scene, or even park and walk, peering over bridges and around bends that we pass by so quickly. In the end, I was surprised at how different these paintings are from one another. The season, weather, light, and mood had a big impact on how each one turned out. It’s noticing that novelty that keeps me inspired and excited to get home and paint.

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