For the past several years my work has explored images that hold a mystery: children jump to impossible heights, clouds and waves portend something elusive.   My most recent series of paintings, Beautiful Disaster, looks at the Deepwater Horizon oil spill that began on April 20, 2010 in the Gulf of Mexico.  The gorgeous setting, beautiful weather, and reflective nature of the very water that was being indelibly contaminated by the gushing oil created images of both immense beauty and absolute devastation.  This series explores these images in a personal way, trying to make sense of the damage to our planet and the role of art in creating beauty and meaning in the shadow of tragic human error.