Trail in Montenegro

I'm sitting here this morning looking at your artworks, and... You reminded me of something important. In your pantings, lighting and space and shapes are coming together to evoke feelings. That's obvious, I know, but here on deviantart, it's easy to get lost in the stream of people who are so skillfully doing - well, I don't know what they are doing. Having fun? Acquiring skills? Competing for attention? It's an attention economy. It's a culture full of trends. I am not here on this site for that. I guess I am just here hoping that someone will look at my silly little paintings and tell me they see what I see - something about the lighting, color and space in it that made me shiver in excitement when I conceived of the image in my mind. Alas, I don't have the skills yet to show what I see.

Your paintings make me remember the times I stood outside looking at nature. The sun blasted through the trees, cutting stark shadows into the leaf litter. It almost made me cry by how powerful it looked. Thank you for this reminder.