Warm Woods 2 | Painting of the Redwood Forest
Here is Warm Woods 2. This is a new iteration of my previous painting, Warm Woods, from 2018. I created this new version on the request of one of my …
Appalachian Fall
Here is “Appalachian Fall!” It is a 3-panel vertical painting spanning three live edge slabs taken from the trunk of a huge maple tree! The width of the curved silhouette …
Williams Plaza Project: 8 Paintings on Live Edge Slabs
I’ve finally finished all of the paintings on live edge slabs for the Williams Plaza project! I’ve been working on these for the past several months, and I’m so excited …
Williams Plaza Project: Base of the Redwood
Here is a new piece completed for the Williams Plaza Project: “Base of the Redwood.” For this grand piece, I reserved the largest, widest slab! For this design, I used …
Williams Plaza Project: Windows to the Sun
Earlier this year, I was commissioned by a local architecture firm and Home Forward, Portland, Oregon’s housing authority, to create paintings on 14 live edge slabs to hang on all …
The Golden Wild
This sunny little painting is called “The Golden Wild.” Yellow sunlight floods a raucous tangle of branches and tree trunks, sending its warmth all the way to the forest floor …
Clear Light
This oil painting is called “Clear Light.” Pure white light shines from the background, dancing before our eyes as the beams of light shift through the trees. The glowing sunlight …
Cherry Season
This painting was commissioned by a collector as a gift for his wife. Called, “Cherry Season,” it’s about a mother’s nurturing of her children. The couple has 3 young children, …
Happy Sky
This sunny painting, “Happy Sky,” inspires a joyful mood! In a peaceful forest of ancient trees, yellow sunlight floods down from the sky to warm our faces. The details of …
Radiance
This painting is powerful and bold, with its extreme light/dark contrast, the sun’s bright light taking over the canvas, and the dramatic perspective of the redwood trees so high in the sky.