He’s balancing contrasts without turning them into an argument. The tension stays quiet—like the last minutes before dusk or the moment when winter has stepped back but spring hasn’t quite arrived. The distant cluster of trees catching red-orange light tips the painting gently back toward warmth, keeping the entire hillside alive with subtle energy.

What strikes me now is how naturally he moves between representation and intuition. In Between isn’t tied to an exact hilltop; it’s built from years of walking fields, noticing slants of evening light, and letting color take the lead. It sits in the space where his work often breathes—between the recognizable and the abstract, between looking and feeling. Even when the brushwork loosens or the forms simplify, the sense of land stays steady, threading memory, light, and gesture into a landscape that feels both familiar and newly seen.

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Studio Notes

Painted with layered pastel strokes, this piece grew through shifts of cool and warm color—each pass adjusting how the hillside carried the late-day light.

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