n the past few years of oil painting I've been drawn to space, light, isolation, reflection, surface, and environment. These come together in various genres- the spare interior, the figure in contemplation, the atmospheric landscape. Within these I try to articulate the feeling I get in transitional low light conditions. The light is the focus of the paintings, creating mood but with a lively, varied surface. Location has a large influence on my work-I recently finished a body of work from Havana, a body of local paintings in tranistional light around Venice Beach, and I'm currently working on a group of painting based on a return to Europe earlier this summer.