Just Keep Swimming

12x36", oil on canvas             At the swimming pool the other day, someone mentioned in passing that I wasn’t really a swimmer.  I know, this sounds particularly harsh, and she wasn't ...

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Anacortes Arts Festival

I am very pleased to say that two pieces of mine were accepted at the Arts at the Port juried show in Anacortes, Washington this year.  The artwork I saw ...

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Seattle Skyline

This is one of those images I've wanted to paint for years now.  It's the view from the ferry looking at Seattle's skyline.  I finally was there with perfect light ...

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Power of Place

The studio has been one hopping place so far this year. I've had a good show at Port Townsend Gallery this month, "Industrial Arts" which comes down February 29th. Please ...

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Landscapes, Human Spaces

  When we think of landscape, I think our minds automatically jump to images of the romantic era--great sweeping vistas, ideal views, the simple calm beauties of the pastoral, the great ...

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“The Last Horizon”

Here's another piece in my recent series, where I'm exploring thinner layers of color over an underpainting of sepia tones. It's giving my work a looser, more gestural look as ...

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Odyssey

This piece marks a solid change for me, in the fact that is is made up of many transparent layers and gestural brushstrokes instead of the thicker, more solid layers ...

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Yakima River, completed

So here's the finished piece. I'm pleased with the overall emotion and composition. Even though there was a lot of back and forth in my mind on this piece, the ...

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Painting is a Lot Like Training a Dog…

So when you train dogs for basic obedience or agility, it's important to focus on your intent. You want to have a clear vision of what it is you want ...

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Storm King

New painting! 36"x60", oil on canvas. This is from a hike I took a couple of weeks ago at Lake Crescent, one of the most amazing places I have ever been. ...

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Whale Bone Drawing Session

The Marine Science Center in Port Townsend has one of the very few intact orca skeletons in North America, owing to the fact that orca bones sink. This adult female ...

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