Places & Perspectives

I've known the earth beneath my feet in many forms—the rich soil of the Mississippi-Arkansas Delta, the warmth and vibrant spirit of San Antonio, and the golden hills and rugged coastlines of California. Each place has left something of itself in me. Each has changed the way I see the world.

I was raised in the Delta, where beauty and hardship often occupied the same patch of ground. I remember the smell of freshly turned soil, the heat rising from the fields, the weathered houses, and the long shadows of evening. As a child working alongside my family in those fields, I didn't always recognize the beauty surrounding me. Sometimes, I was simply too tired to notice.

I spent most of my adulthood in San Antonio, a city rich in culture, history, color, and character. Texas became part of who I am—not through the fields of my childhood, but through the life I built there, the people I loved, and the countless experiences that shaped me. There is something about Texas that stays with you: the warmth of its people, the vibrancy of its streets, the sunflowers, the boots, and the unmistakable sense of place that makes it feel like nowhere else.

California brought yet another perspective. Its dramatic coastline, rolling hills, towering redwoods, and ever-changing light have introduced me to colors, textures, and contrasts I continue to explore on canvas. Here, I've learned to look differently, to notice the unexpected, and to appreciate how much beauty can exist in a single fleeting moment.

But Places & Perspectives is about more than geography.

It's about the way time changes what we remember. How an old El Camino becomes a symbol of a parent's sacrifice. How a grandmother's modest home becomes a place of extraordinary meaning. How two children sitting high above a field can capture the glorious recklessness of youth.

It's also about finding wonder in the smallest things—a ladybug nestled against a mushroom, a sunflower reaching toward the light, the flicker of a match, or the mysterious stillness of a forest.

Some of these paintings carry pieces of my history. Others are experiments in color, light, texture, and imagination. Together, they reflect a lifetime of looking, remembering, discovering, and sometimes seeing familiar things for the very first time.

Because perspective is more than what we see. It's everything we've lived that teaches us how to see it.