One By The Creek

12"x12" oil on canvas $700

This piece currently hangs in the Mary Lou Zeek Gallery in Salem, Oregon. A few people have asked me about it lately, so I thought I'd post a picture of it. Salem is about an hour south of Portland, right on I-5. If you find yourself in the area, take a look!

Mending The Heart

11"x8" oil on paper

In honor of Valentines, I thought I would dredge up one of the few remaining "Heart" pieces from the archives. Executed in 1999, the title of the work as well as the safety pin speaks for itself.

Finding Your Way

2"x2" oil on canvas on metal can

This is a piece that was donated to the "Nourish and Sustain" auction at the Mary Lou Zeek Gallery in Salem, Oregon. It will be showing February 1-27 with the proceeds benefiting the Marion Polk Food Share.

100 artist were directly mailed an empty can and told to create something . I choose to open it, flatten it and texture it with a hammer on concrete, creating the perfect 2 dimensional surface to mount a picture. What you see here is the small canvas I painted and attached to the front of the flatten can.

What Once Was

10"x10" oil on canvas $500

There is something in me that longs to reach back into time when the weather was more palatable to my personal body thermostat. Especially if I am sitting in a cold studio. This piece was inspired from a trip taken last summer by train up the coast of Rhode Island. I had never heard the term "brackish" water said as often as I did on that ride. I took lots of pictures and this piece was inspired by the landscape of the "brackish" waters of the East Coast.
I'd often see just one tree out on a lonely looking piece of land. A lot of the trees were bereft of life, having stood in place for years in various states of decay. I loved how lonely and isolated they looked. They weren't really alone, as I was watching over them, if only for a brief second.

The Course Of A Day

6"x6" oil on canvas $250

This is the third and final piece of a run of similar paintings. This was inspired by the vistas along the Willamette Valley.

Creekside View

6"x6" oil on canvas $250

This is the second piece of a small run of similar paintings.

Blue Afternoon

6"x6" oil on canvas $250

Recently, I did a small run of paintings, depicting the play between the sky and the clouds. What can start off as a large span of deep blue horizon, can quickly turn into an evasive glimpse. This interaction and movement varies from second to second and I enjoy trying to capture the performance.

Autumn Sojourn

10"x10" oil on canvas $500

It's getting to be that time of the year again. The season is in transition and the winds of change are beginning to blow. Up here at 1100 feet it is you can also throw in a good amount of rainfall. This piece was inspired by the vistas I see from the higher elevations looking down on the river. The skies are incredibly dramatic and change faster then the camera can capture them.

The Gift

12"x12" oil on canvas $700

For those of you who have just tuned in, I am on a quest to paint twelve works of art. Each will be done in oil on canvas, in the same square sized format, 12 by 12 inches and all to depict a Raven. This is the second finished work. The others are in various stages of gestation, and will emerge when they are ready to fly.

The Offering

12"x12" oil on canvas $700

The first of twelve Ravens emerge.