As art history shows, there are as many approaches to the landscape as there are artists.  I study the approaches that resonate in me, and then I try to find my own way. 

Sometimes I set out to report what I see or remember as having been there – sometimes I interpret the natural forms into my own composition -- sometimes I follow the actions of the paint on my paper and am surprised to see that I have made a landscape.  Always, if I have communicated, I have met my goals.