I use oil paint for all my paintings. Oil colors are so rich in pigments and just feel very pure compared to acrylic paint. I’m always impressed by the magic I can do by mixing different colors to achieve any hue I can imagine. I like taking pictures of the beautiful landscapes I explore. Being outside and feeling what earth, air and water want to let me know is essential to painting a landscape. It’s not only about the picture, which is just a snapshot and doesn’t show my personal view. It’s about the feelings I experience. My paintings are all about the emotional value. In the process of painting, I will first look at the pictures I have taken to choose a scene I want to recreate in my style. I then create an “under painting” of predominant colors that give the final painting more depth and vibrancy. Then I will start with the actual layering. I try not to overlap brush strokes too much, so the painting feels loose. Brush strokes come together in a mosaic effect. I think this resembles nature very well. A mosaic or looking through a kaleidoscope give the objects room to move, and show that nature never stands still. I can let my paint brush do magical things to create movement or quietness in a painting, because I don’t blend colors together too much. Our eyes connect the strokes to unities of meaning themselves. And that’s what I do when I explore the outdoors. A scenery comes together to a unique unity that involves all my senses.