Magenta Morning
Here is “Magenta Morning.” 48″ x 48″. This painting is full of warmth and light. The white sunlight pouring down from the sky is blinding up in the treetops. Golden …
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Sunshine Wishes
Here is “Sunshine Wishes.” 30″ x 40″. This large-scale canvas is filled by a gloriously blinding rainbow sunburst shining through the crowns of tall trees. The acrylic painting is full …
Friday in the Rainbow Forest
Here is “Friday in the Rainbow Forest.” The setting of this painting was inspired by the beautiful Columbia River Gorge, but it evokes the feeling of many similar beautiful natural …
Evergreen Spectrum
This 12″ x 36″ panorama-format original oil painting on canvas is called “Evergreen Spectrum.” The sun breaks through the tall trees with a blinding beauty. Every color of the visible …
King of the Clearing
Here is “King of the Clearing.” This grassy clearing is absolutely flooded with sunlight. A lone crow alights on the end of an outstretched branch, surveying the calm scene around it. …
Sunshine
I started creating this painting four years ago, but stopped before it was finished because something about its rough, unfinished state pleased me. I hung it on the wall in …
Creative Vision
Here is the first self portrait I’ve created in 11 years: “Creative Vision.” It is about being an artist and an agent of purposeful change and action–the process of conceiving …
Fall
Here is “Fall.” This painting is full of the vibrant red, orange and yellow colors of autumn leaves in the forest. Sunlight bursts through the colorful foliage from the bright …
Mural for Mudbone Grown Unity Farm at Oregon Food Bank
In June, I worked on a team to help finish a mural in Southeast Portland. In July, I was added to the Regional Arts & Culture Council’s Muralist Roster. And …
Wild Wood
Here is Wild Wood! This painting was inspired by a photo my friend took on Wildwood Trail, a local Portland hiking spot. This “wild wood” is full of movement, the …