Gallery

This collection represents a sample of my work. Each piece starts with a story that reimagines and redefines an object. I then fuse the object with acrylic paintings and materials such as bismuth metal, copper wire, and leather. I view paint less as an illustration tool and more as a sculpting medium, utilizing its texture to alter and combine the components.

 

Bouquet #2 – An exploration of origami forms broken into layers, complemented with curvilinear wire forms.
Acrylic, archival paper, copper wire on canvas
21 x 16 x 2
Unframed

Through the Blur – Taking my glasses off to clean them allowed me to see a field of flowers through the blur. Their forms simplified to streaked colored boxes.
Acrylic, copper wire on board
25 x 21
Unframed

A large abstract painting on a board. The background is streaks of creams and reddish browns. There is a large blue vase with simple green vines snaking out and towards the top of the painting in all directions. At the ends of each vine are felt disks ranging in size from the palm of your hand to the tip of a thumb. The disks are pink, purple, light blue, golden brown, and off white.

Flowers in Vase – An abstraction that highlights the color and softness of flowers.
Acrylic paint and textile on board
21 x 16
Intended to be unframed

Harvest Moon – The harvest moon frames a magic tree, deep in the woods on a clear Autumn night.
Bismuth, copper wire, acrylic on board
25 x 31 x 5
Framed as intended

Music – Inspired by the feeling of Blues music as it enters the world and flows into my soul.
Leather, wood, wire, acrylic paint on canvas
16 x 20 x 4
Intended to be unframed

Imagine a large, square board painted in streaks of creams and browns. At the lower right corner of the painting is a blue table seen from the side straight on. Sitting on the table is a black and white ceramic vase as it is falling over after being pushed. Just coming out of the vase are abstract but rainbow swirled flowers. The vase and flowers are made from fired clay.

Not So Still Life – A still life the moment it starts falling after the cat pushed it over.
Acrylic paint and pit fired, wild clay on board.
20 x 20 x 4
Intended to be unframed

A mixed media painting. The background is highly textured blue like a rough plaster wall. There is a simple vase on a painted table. The vase has a blue, a purple, and a red flower in it. The vase is a swirl of browns. There is a yellow flower on the table. The vase and flowers are 3 dimensional, made from copper wire and a thin skin of paint.

Still Life #1 – This twisted perspective still life is an exploration of using paint as a sculpting material.
Acrylic paint, adhesive and copper wire on board.
20 x 20 x 3
Intended to be unframed

A graphical paper cut painting on plain white paper. There are three grey, paper cut clouds at the top the scene. Rain, in the shape of small paper disks are in neat rows and columns as if coming from the clouds. There is a paper cut of a young girl hold a red umbrella that is much too big for her. The rain is bouncing off the umbrella. There is blue sky, a paper cut sun, and small white clouds coming from the umbrella as if shining on the young girl.

Bring Your Own Sunshine – We all choose how we respond to the events life brings us, no matter how challenging.
Archival paper on canvas
20 x 20
Intended to be unframed

A painting where the background is made from a yellow square in the upper left corner. In the upper right corner is a green rectangle. The rest of the background is blue. There is a line art house broken into a jumble of its pieces. Some lines overlap, but most do not touch.

Deconstructed House – Even when it feels like our world has fallen apart, the pieces remain. We can pick them up and rebuild, scars, new direction and all.
Acrylic on canvas.
20 x 20
Intended to be unframed

A simple background of dark gray with streaks of yellow and light grey radiating from the center. There is a yellow crescent moon carved from a thick block of yellow paint in the center. It is glowing yellow. There are drips of yellow falling from the bottom of the moon.

Paint Moon – Dried house paint on canvas. This is what happens when the moon gets too hot and the cheese starts melting.
Latex wall paint and Acrylic paint on canvas
20 x 20 x 3
Intended to be unframed

Commissions

Commissions are limited to four per year. Please contact the studio to inquire about a custom piece.