In September 2023, after ten years of painting floral compositions, I began experimenting with a very different approach to oil painting, and began a series of expressive and (not quite) tonalist “invented” landscapes. The compositions record something that I observed in nature that was fleeting but revelatory, emphasizing light, mood, and the arrangement of shapes. Most of the works are in oil using a limited palette, inexpensive hardware store brushes, simple non-toxic mediums, a few quality oil bristle brushes, cotton rags and my fingers. They are based on observation, memory, and reference imagery. Like much great art, the paintings are a combination of fact and fiction, hard work and technical competence.