Anomaly

Up around the Callowash River, there is lush plant life all around. Old growth forest, dry river beds, wetlands, and rainforest all come together in a vortex of nature. While hunting for firewood one day, I came upon this beautiful reddish-purple plant jutting out of the ground. It was the only one of it’s kind […]

Shell

This tiny shell was found on an Oregon Beach a few years back. It was the first time I was significantly blown away at the iPhone’s ability to take incredible photos. This shell is about the size of my fingernail. And yet, the photo captures the light, the grains of sand, and the contours of […]

Crow

This piece was actually a commission for a co-worker. She asked me to paint something for her. When I asked her what she liked, she reported that she collected owls and crows. When I thought about the crow, it occurred to me that they kind of have a bad reputation for being scavengers, noise-makers, and […]

Liar

This painting started out as a lollipop. Then it became a lollipop that fell on the ground and picked up lint. I then added a donut mouth and silly eyes to create a character. The resemblance to Pinocchio was too easy. Everyone knows about the growing stick nose. I really enjoyed the colors in the […]

Side B

I once had a therapist tell me that our lives are like a vinyl record…sometimes a skip occurs in the music and you hear the same thing over and over again until someone comes along and bumps the player so the song can finish as it were intended to. And sometimes, we can change the grooves […]

Gluttony

Ironically, this piece was completed just a few months before Hostess decided to cease Twinkie production indefinitely. A premonition? Perhaps. To me, this painting is about addiction: people who will reach out for their poison even when near death.

Lotus

The very first brushstrokes fell onto this piece of wood panel over 3 years ago! With the help of a mentor, a teacher, and a little online encouragement, a painter was borne! I chose the lotus because painting, for me, was a new beginning…the beginning of a journey: a ripple in the pond, slowly evolving […]