Paintings
My preferred technique for creating images is to build up layers of oil paint on a rigid surface. While the methodology is classical with layers imparting depth and luminosity, the contemporary compositions reflect my interest in reducing subjects to their essential shapes.
Midsummer Trio: Glade | Obscura | Nocturne, oil on birch panels, 8”x8”
Spring Trio: Moon | Lavender | Honeysuckle, oil on birch panels, 8”x8”
The paintings in this series are based on trios of haiku, created in collaboration with poet and writer Stephanie Baker, San Francisco CA. Click here to read the corresponding poems.
no end to this heaven, oil on birch panel, 16”x20”
Blue Luminous, oil on birch panel, 20”x30”
This painting was created as a translation of a poem for the Portland poetry/art collaboration, EKPHRAESTIVAL 2024. Click here to read the corresponding poem, seed cycle, by Rae Diamond, Oakland CA.
The Sound of Water, oil on birch panel, 20”x30”
Twilight Aviary I + II, oil on birch panels, 20”x20” each
As the Crow Flies, oil on linen, 20”x36”