My painted views of nature have all been found in the city, sometimes in very unlikely urban environments, next to freeway on and off ramps, and behind the architectural structures of our sprawling city. I often found these views and vistas as I drove. Something about their presence struck me. In the moment, they provided me with the space that I needed to recompose myself, to decompress in the hustle and bustle of city life. Like the Japanese concept of “forest-bathing” these experiences and paintings are an eco-antidote to city life and an homage to nature in a changing world. I crop the views of nature to focus on the abbreviated and/or elaborate representations of our varied and fantastic natural environment.  These landscapes, with their rich colors and textures, have become for me, a place to frame and present both the delicate and the bold that I perceive around me. The resulting paintings are sometimes ethereal and sometimes more verdant; they reflect the botanical diversity in our environment; the foreign species that coexist and contrast with the native flora.