I often wish I could work in the same media and format all the time.  For one thing it would make framing and photographing that much easier, not to mention branding myself as an artist.  That being said, I enjoy the challenge of other media too much, and feel that it's important to match the right media and scale to the image I'm painting.  As with so many other things ...

  Walking through the woods near my home one calm evening, I paused to admire this view, the light shining through trees, bouncing off a small lagoon.  Above me a barred owl called, startling me.  In the woods behind another owl answered, then another.  As they prepared for their evening activities, with the light glowing all around, the trees reaching skyward, a feeling of profound awe and peace came over me.  

My girlfriend and I stood in the parking lot at Punalu’u Beach on the big island of Hawaii, waiting for her sister to come back from the restroom. We had already been to the beach, a true black sand beach, crowded that day with tourists and locals. It was a windy, cloudy day, and the bay was crowded with whitecaps as waves drove into the beach. I waited by the ...

  There's something amazing about the light on the Olympic Peninsula.  Sure, we have a lot of gray drizzly days, but when the sun makes an appearance it really puts on a show.  Similar to being at high altitude, the light is clear, dazzling and brilliant, and it makes most of us a little bit silly.  This is a popular walk, usually populated with people and their cavorting dogs, but on ...

This is Darwin, a Western Screech Owl who was hit by a car, causing him to lose one eye and much of his hearing.  He is a permanent resident at Discovery Bay Wild Bird Rescue in Port Townsend Washington, http://discoverybaywildbirdrescue.com/, where injured birds are rehabbed and released when possible.  Darwin cannot hunt, so he will not be released, but he serves as an educational owl, helping teach people about what ...

On my way to work in the morning, I stop to admire this view.  Actually it's mandatory, there's a four-way stop right there, but it's a great place to pause and see what the day will bring.  This particular morning was deciding whether fog or sunshine would win the day (fog was ahead for awhile, about ten minutes after this we were totally socked in, but it burned off by ...

This last year has involved many transitions and lots of traveling for me.  I love to travel, it nourishes my art practice and soul, stimulating the creative parts of my mind.  Recent travel has not been for pleasure but family business, and for the first time in my life I am nearing the status of commuter.  That being said I still find many moments in the process of moving, of ...