© Dominic Koval, The Well of Stars, Lake Elmore, Vermont.  All rights reserved.

After moving to  Vermont,  Dominic at first focused largely on landscape, both observed and imagined, in his painting. Long walks in the woods in search of wild mushrooms heightened his sensitivity to the subtleties of microcosm and macrocosm, and his love affair with the dawn light in the mountains evolved into an extended series of visionary waterfall paintings.

Recurrent themes also include gardens and gardeners, blind men with flowers, the alliances between humans and wild creatures, and an on-going dialogue with trees and light.