Living in the great PNW again, I’ve reconciled some formative aesthetic principals from childhood, mainly the art made by the Pacific Northwest coastal tribes. These influences made their way into the work without my even noticing, creeping up and leaving their traces like the constantly shifting tides. Oh, and there’s the Mountain…
Washington State Ferries, MV Spokane (Smoke Stack), Edmonds to Kingston, October 11, 2024, Black, Sand and Jewel on White on Kingfisher, 2024-331 Sheldon’s Tree (Acer Palmatum Orange Dream), Tidy Cat Yellow on Lime, 2024-061 Inspired by Three Strands Handwoven Kitchen Towel, Port Townsend, circa 2018, Peach on Olive and Turquoise on Teal, 2024-098The Backside of Your Neighbor’s Fence, Sepia on Coffee on Gravenstein, 2024-059 Kitchen Wallpaper circa 1981, Slate, Terracotta, Tangerine, Buttercup, Orange, Mango and Lemon on White, 2024-046Art Library, Scraps on Coffee, 2024-067 Oak Bay (Stylized, Full Moon), Rainbow on Emerald, 2021-039Oak Bay (Mount Rainier at Twilight with Two Moments of Excellence), Early Autumn Skies on Navy, 2020-240Oak Bay (Winter Morning), Periwinkle on Hushpuppy, 2020-180Oak Bay (Dusk, Three Doug Firs), Night Falling on Black (Should I Beat Myself Up to Show You How Much I Care?), 2020-184Oak Bay (Two Trees), Summer Day on Hush Puppy (Just Jooking for a New Direction), 2020-163Oak Bay (Kitchen Window), Dusk on Dreadnought (Just What You Least Expect), 2020-161Oak Bay (Three Trees), Twilight on Black (Wanting Something Special), 2020-175Social Isolation (KNIGI!), Graphite on Parchment, 2020-127Oak Bay (Forest at Night, Four Doug Firs), Headlights on Ebony (In the Wee, Wee Hours Your Mind Gets Hazy), 2020-249Oak Bay (Lagoon, Four Doug Firs), Gray Scale on Black Forest, 2020-290Oak Bay (Morning, Three Doug Firs) PM 67 on Navy (When the Truth May Need Some Rearranging), 2020-275Oak Bay (Lagoon, Three Doug Firs), Sunset on Forest (If You Don’t Want to Go We’ll Put on Another Show), 2020-314Oak Bay (Two Herons), Stainless Steel on Opaque Gray, 2020-155Oak Bay (Lagoon and a Moment of Excellence), Hawaiian Punch on Electric Blue (This Time We’ll Get it Right), 2020-143Oak Bay (A Moment of Excellence), Summer Greens on Robin’s Egg, 2020-083Oak Bay (Lagoon, view towards Mount Rainier), Swimming Pool Blue on Tangerine, 2020-091Oak Bay, Midnight Sun on Blue Marine (It Does Something to Me), 2020-149Oak Bay, Summer Haze on Lavender, 2020-103Oak Bay (Full Moon), Bleach on Black, 2020-117Oak Bay (Thunderhead), Sunset on Marine Blue, 2020-096Oak Bay (Lagoon), Forest on Fog, 2020-109Oak Bay (County Park, View Towards the Olympics), Palladium on Maroon, 2020-113Oak Bay (Mount Rainier), Sunset on Violet, 2020-107Hood Canal, Emerald on Turquoise, 2019-216Oak Bay (Lagoon, High Tide), Graphite on Black, 2020-131Oak Bay (Mount Rainier), Spearmint on Peppermint, 2020-129Oak Bay (Heron at Dusk), 70% Dark Chocolate on Emerald, 2020-106Oak Bay (Twilight), Starry Skies on Midnight Blue, 2019-222Oak Bay (Twilight), Prideful Colors on Bleu Marine, 2019-221Oak Bay (Full Moon), Aurora Borealis on Midnight Blue, 2019-219Oak Bay (Sunrise), Medium Pollen Count on Rose, 2019-210Tree Studies (Doug Fir), Emerald on Robin’s Egg, 2019-212Douglas Firs, Christmas Scale on Azure(When I Think of You, Nothing Else Seems to Matter), 2018-201Oak Bay (High Tide), Sunset on Dusky Lavender (Spent too Much Time in that Field of Dreams), 2018-189Oak Bay (Mount Rainier at Sunset, High Tide), Vickers Effect on Princess Anne Purple, 2018-180Oak Bay (Lagoon High Tide), Full Moon Fever on Midnight (Sweatin’ for the Devil’s Fun), 2018-159Oak Bay (Lagoon, Fish Face), Night Falls on Black, 2018-146Oak Bay (Froggy), Brass on Black (This is a Message for All Those Who Think That Every Day Life is Too Hard to Deal With), 2018-118Oak Bay, Ocean Blue on Canary (Make the World Go Away), 2018-092Oak Bay, Last Light on Forest (When the World is Running Down You Make the Best of What’s Still Around, 2018-075Oak Bay (Low Tide, Sunset), Hawaiian Punch on Purple (Don’t Dare Say It’s Over), 2018-056Mount Rainier from Mystic Lake, Dusk on Dusty Rose (Don’t You Know Success Comes with Righteousness?), 2018-042Oak Bay, Pacific on Cherry (If You’re a Hard Man or if You’re a Child It Still Might Get to You), 2018-038Oak Bay, Impressionism on Princesse Anne Purple (Heaven Can Wait), 2018-004Full Moon (Memantine), Shades of Gray on Midnight (I Can Help You to your Promised Land), 2017-227Oak Bay, Evergreens on Robin’s Egg (All I Want is More), 2017-176Indian Island, Paul McCarthy Chocolate on Emerald, 2017-151Lake Crescent (Olympic National Park), Pacific on Brick (What A Surprise), 2017-085Oak Bay (Indian Island and Marrowstone Island), Moonlight on Black (You’ve Been Sitting Much too Long and You Should Get Up), 2017-077Oak Bay (Dusk), Tree Bark on Last Light (Want to Make You Feel What I Feel), 2017-101Spring Valley, Strawberry on Turquoise (Watch Our Feet How We Can Dance), 2016-080Zena Road, Dusk on Terracotta (You Were in My Mind and In My Dreams), 2016-078Wallace Road near Hopewell Road, First Light on Terracotta (What’s This Life Full of Care?), 2016-068
