The paintings below were created 20 years ago and left forgotten in a corner of my studio. Recently, I rediscovered them and made a few subtle adjustments. These works were painted directly in the field—I would drive out with my materials, seeking to capture the raw emotion of being immersed in the landscape.

They were painted on X-ray plates, assembled onto wooden panels. I was drawn to this surface for its dark color and smooth, non-absorbent quality, which allowed me to scratch and erase the paint easily, creating rich textures and unexpected effects. Painting on X-ray plates is a metaphor for the act of painting itself: an X-ray seeks to reveal what lies beneath the surface of the human body, just as painting is an attempt to see and express the deeper experience of being in the world. In some of these works, remnants of the original X-ray images remain visible, merging with the painted landscapes. I eventually stopped working with X-ray plates as medical imaging transitioned to digital, making them difficult to find.