VISTA series

… so many ideas for the VISTA series. Now that I am expanding my lens beyond cityscapes/skylines to include natural imagery, landscapes, waterscapes, I can see tremendous potential to abstract familiar topographies into graphic clean line compositions. The San Diego VISTA pieces progressed the approach of foregrounded glass elements and painted backgrounds. I love working from reference images to get to simplifiied elements and concepts that look both familiar and fresh.

Some details from preliminary sketches … from places I’ve recently visited.

southwest / west coast | water + foliage c HH2023

southwest / mountains | mountains + foliage c HH2023

southwest / mountains | mountains + foliage c HH2023

mountains + lupine c HH2023

southwest | mountains + foliage c HH2023

lake michigan | horizon