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A couple of months ago, my painting style took a radical turn. For most of my painting life I've been a representational artist. I've painted from life or photographic references or not at all. But when the weather turned this autumn, I found myself bored with painting from photographs and insufficiently motivated to brave the Michigan cold. What to do?

Fortunately, the brush in my hand found its way to the pallette and then to a large canvas. The result? A whole new sort of painting, one for which I have yet to develop a descriptive language. In fact, the new work seems to be its own language. It speaks to me while I'm working and fulfills a deep need to reveal my Inner Landscape. You can see more by clicking here.

The painting shown here, "Primary Joy," is a celebration of color, texture and form; it was just accepted into The Northwest Michigan Juried Exhiition which opens at The Dennos Museum in Traverse City, MI this Saturday at 6 p.m. If you're in the area, I hope you'll stop by and see the new work in person!