In my paintings, I try to evoke a feeling that invites viewers to interpret a scene with their own memories. They are a gentle reminder of how life was before the onslaught of creeping urbanization and technology. It was a time when we could idly lie under a tree watching changing cloud formations floating by. As a landscape painter, I paint many plein air studies as well as teach plein air workshops. Often, I have to show my students how to turn an uninspiring scene into an appealing one, as I did with "Sheep May Safely Graze." The original scene was a boring green pasture with grazing horses on a bright sunny day so I transformed it into a place where I wanted to be.