Artist's Statement 

When I was ten years old, my parents gave me a microscope for Christmas. The entire process of using the microscope fascinated me; the lens that had two settings, the little rectangular glass slides, even the gray metal box it came in! But of course the best thing was getting a good look into an infinitely tiny magical world. A grain of sugar became a revelation to me. A blade of grass could turn into a hairy log! The scales of a butterfly wing astounded me.

The magnified intricacies of that hidden, secret world have always stayed with me. I was asked to add a flower (in closeup) to a commissioned landscape painting a few years ago, and since that time my direction has slowly changed. I’d been painting broad expanses of sky, and have gradually moved more into the intense focus of a much smaller subject, even though I still love to paint sky. 

Many of my paintings incorporate a mystical, soft focus background. The sharp foreground and fuzzy background are distinctly different, but both contribute equally to the overall mood I want to convey. My subject matter varies; it may be a leaf, a flower, a rock, a twig…but my goal is to reveal the wonder of the hidden world around us. 

AWARDS and Special Interest: 

2011 DYAO Painted Violin Exhibition and Benefit

2008 Hunter's paintings featured in Kar Wei Wong's film "My Blueberry Nights" 

2007 Artist's Magazine Student Still Life Competition - Second Place Cash Award 

2007 Kaladi's Halloween Show - Best in Show 

2007 Himme Productions National Greeting Card Competition - Honorable Mention 

2007 Mountain Connection Magazine Cover Competition - Honorable Mention