I am a representational landscape painter, painting in oils. I prefer to paint on location (en plein-air), where all the "answers" are in front of me and the adrenalin and excitement can carry over into the painting. I know I only have two or three hours at most to capture the scene if I want to finish it during that session. I also occasionally go back to the same place, at the same time of day, to continue working on a painting - which allows a more thoughtful, controlled final product.  I also do paintings in the studio from small field studies done on location, along with reference photographs; if a painting is beautiful and evokes an emotional response in me, I don't care where or how it was done. I find scenes that I want to paint on both sunny or gray days - there is always beauty in nature or even on a busy city street! I use a very limited palette - just the three primaries and sometimes veridian green. Consequently, the colors in my paintings naturally harmonize, being from the same colors. I stress composition in my paintings and look for dynamic, strong settings and lighting.