Recent Works

2016 - Present

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Dissecting Gravity Series

Up Up and Away Watercolor and Recycled Collage on Wood Panel - 47 X 51 X 1.5in - Diptych - Year 2025 - Original and Prints Available	Inner Spaciousness Watercolor and Recycled Collage on Wood Panel - 47 X 47 X 2 - Year 2022 - Original and Prints Available
What We Leave Behind Watercolor and Recycled Collage on Wood Panel - 47.5 X 48 X 1.5in - Diptych - Year 2023 - Original and Prints Available	Disappearing World Watercolor and Recycled Collage on Wood Panel - 40 X 30 X 1.5 - Year 2023 - Original and Prints Available
See and Feel Watercolor and Recycled Collage on Wood Panel - 50 W x 24 H x 2 D in - Diptych - Year 2023 - Original and Prints Available	Prevention Watercolor and Recycled Collage on Wood Panel - 30 x 40 x 1.5 - Year 2020 - Original Sold, Prints Available
Reverence Watercolor and Recycled Collage on Wood Panel - 45 X 45 X 2 - Year 2023 - Original and Prints Available	Moon River Watercolor and Recycled Collage on Wood Panels - 48 x 36 x 1.5 - Year 2020- Original Sold, Prints Available
Shards of Beauty Watercolor and Recycled Collage on Wood Panel - 40 X 30 X 1.5 - Year 2023 - Original and Prints Available	Mountains of Compassion - Sonoma County Watercolor and Recycled Collage on Wood Panel - 60 W x 45 H x 1.5 D in - Diptych - Year 2025 - Original SOLD, Commissions and Prints Available
Watercolor and Recycled Collage on Wood Panel - 60H X 45W X 2D - Year 2022 - Original SOLD, Prints Available	Sonoma Valley - Day and Night Watercolor and Recycled Collage on Wood Panel - 42 W x 42 H x 2 D in -Year 2023 - Original SOLD, Prints Available
Mountain Stories Watercolor and Recycled Collage on Wood Panel - 36 X 73 X 1.5 - Diptych - Year 2021 - Original and Prints Available	Forest Portal Watercolor and Recycled Collage on Wood Panel - 40H X 30W X 1.5D - Year 2022 - Original and Prints Available
Harvest Moon Watercolor and Recycled Collage on Wood Panel - 48.5 W x 37 H x 2 D in - Diptych - Year 2022 - Original and Prints Available	Mount Tamalpais - Home Sweet Home Watercolor and Recycled Collage on Wood Panel - 45 X45 X 1.5 - Year 2023 - Original SOLD, Prints Available
Watercolor and Recycled Collage on Wood Panel - 45 W x 44 H x 1.5 D in - Diptych - Year 2024 - Original SOLD, Prints Available	Resiliency Watercolor and Recycled Collage on Wood Panel - 42W X 47H X 1.5D - Year 2022 - Original SOLD, Prints Available
Watercolor and Recycled Collage on Wood Panel - 42W X 47H X 2D - Year 2022 - Original and Prints Available	Mt. Saint Helena - The Human Mountain Watercolor and Recycled Collage on Wood Panel - 61 W x 40 H x 2 D in - Diptych - Year 2023 - Original SOLD, Commissions and Prints Available
Life of Abundance Watercolor and Recycled Collage on Wood Panel - 61 W x 40 H x 2 D in - Diptych - Year 2023 - Original SOLD, Prints Available	Bitter Sweet Watercolor and Recycled Collage on Wood Panel - 51 W x 45 H x 2 D in - Diptych - Year 2022 - Original SOLD, Commissions and Prints
The Root of Happiness Watercolor and Recycled Collage on Wood Panel - 47 X 47 X 2 - Year 2023 - Original Sold, Prints Available	Learning to Forget Watercolor and Recycled Collage on Wood Panel - 48 W x 47 H x 2 D in - Diptych - Year 2022 - Original SOLD, Commissions and Prints
Heavenly Peaks Watercolor and Recycled Collage on Wood Panel - 45 X 45 X 1.5 - Year 2021 - Original SOLD, Commissions and Prints Available	Coming Home Watercolor and Recycled Collage on Wood Panel - 30 X 40 X 1.5 - Year 2021 - Original SOLD, Commissions and Prints
We Love Art Watercolor and Recycled Collage on Wood Panel - 47 W x 42 H x 2 D in - Diptych - Year 2022 - Original SOLD, Commissions and Prints	Collective Solitude Watercolor and Recycled Collage on Wood Panel - 40 x 45 x 1.5 - Year 2021 - Original SOLD - Prints Available
Peace Song Watercolor and Recycled Collage on Wood Panel - 47 X 47 X 1.5 - Year 2021 - Original SOLD - Prints Available	Sleeping Lady Watercolor and Recycled Collage on Wood Panel - 46 X 46 X 1.5 - Year 2021 - Original SOLD - Prints Available
Mountain Song Watercolor and Recycled Collage on Wood Panel - 30H X 40W X 1.5D - Year 2021 - Original SOLD - Prints Available	Flow Watercolor and Recycled Collage on Wood Panel - 36 X 49 X 1.5 - Diptych - Year 2021 - Original SOLD - Prints Available
The Mountains are Calling Watercolor and Recycled Collage on Wood Panel - 45 X 40 X 1.5 - Year 2021 - Original SOLD - Prints Available	Night and Day Watercolor and Recycled Collage on Wood Panel - 57 X 24 X 1.5 - Diptych - Year 2021 - Original SOLD - Prints Available
Mt. Tamalpais - The Artist Perspective Watercolor and Recycled Collage on Wood Panel - 40 X 61 X 1.5 - Diptych - Year 2021 - Original SOLD - Prints Available	River's End Watercolor and Recycled Collage on Wood Panel - 40H X 61W X 1.5D - Diptych - Year 2021 - Original SOLD - Prints Available
Hiding Place Watercolor and Recycled Collage on Wood Panel - 36 x 36 x 1.5 - Year 2021 - Original SOLD - Prints Available	Greater Distance Watercolor and Recycled Collage on Wood Panel - 30 x 40 x 1.5 - Year 2021 - Original SOLD - Prints Available
The Journey Watercolor and Recycled Collage on Wood Panel - 49 W x 39 H x 1.5 D in - Year 2021 - Original SOLD - Prints Available	Courage Watercolor and Recycled Collage on Wood Panel - 42 X 31 X 1.5 - Year 2022 - Original SOLD - Prints Available
Perceptions Watercolor and Recycled Collage on Wood Panel - 45 X 45 X 1.5 - Year 2021 - Original SOLD - Prints Available	Night Window Watercolor and Recycled Collage on Wood Panel - 49 X 24 X 1.5 - Diptych - Year 2021 - Original SOLD - Prints Available
Where the Path Leads You Watercolor and Recycled Collage on Wood Panel - 30 X 40 X 1.5 - Year 2021- Original SOLD - Prints Available	Night Light Watercolor and Recycled Collage on Wood Panel - 40 X 61 X 1.5 - Diptych - Year 2021- Original SOLD - Prints Available
Granite Dreams Watercolor and Recycled Collage on Wood Panel - 40 X 93 X 1.5 - Triptych - Year 2020 - Original SOLD - Prints Available	Look Deeper Watercolor and Recycled Collage on Wood Panel - 44 X 48 X 1.5 - Year 2021 - Original SOLD - Prints Available
Beneath Hope Watercolor and Recycled Collage on Wood Panel - 40 X 61 X 1.5 - Diptych - Year 2021 - Original SOLD - Prints Available	The Middle Way Watercolor and Recycled Collage on Wood Panels - 36 x 48 x 1.5 - Year 2019 - Original SOLD - Prints Available

The Dissecting Gravity Series dives beneath the surface to encompass all that is above and below us. Nature reveals geometric shapes in the earth, sea and forests. This transparent imagery that is best executed with watercolors and highlighted with graphite shading, embarks to transcend the obvious.

All works from this Series are uniquely panel mounted watercolors with recycled collage from litter and junk mail, turning paper garbage back into treescapes once again. Each piece is finished with two coats of protective archival satin varnish, creating a contemporary but natural look. The edges are often left natural wood and finished with varnish as well, displaying drips of paint from the process.

The overall result is an aesthetically alluring and contemporary painting with a hidden message about protecting our forests. All works are Ready-to-Hang.

* Commissioned pieces using your color and size requests are available.

Just Breathe Series

The Space Between ll Watercolor and Recycled Collage on wood panel 47H X 42W X 1.5 - Original, Commissions and Prints Available	The Secret of Awe Watercolor and Recycled Collage on Wood Panel - 51 W x 47 H x 2 D in - Diptych - Year 2025 - Original Available, Commissions and Prints Available
Let the River Run Watercolor and Recycled Collage on wood panel 47H X 36W X1.5- Original Sold, Commissions and Prints Available	Silence - The Woods series Watercolor and Recycled Collage on 2 wood panels 36 X 37 - Diptych - Original and Prints Available
Forest Melody ll Watercolor and Recycled Collage on Wood Panel - 30 X 40 X 1.5 - Year 2023 - Original and Prints Available	Reflections Watercolor and Recycled Collage on Wood Panel - 40H X30W X 1.5D - Year 2023 - Original and Prints Available
Canopy Window Watercolor and Recycled Collage on wood panel 40 X 47 - Original, Commissions and Prints Available	Forest Architecture Watercolor and Recycled Collage on Wood Panel - 40H x 30W 1.5D - Year 2022 - Original and Prints Available
The Rising Watercolor and Recycled Collage on Wood Panel - 47 W x 32 H x 2 D in - Year 2022 - Original SOLD, Prints Available	Daydream Watercolor and Recycled Collage on Wood Panel - 21 X 34 X 2 - Year 2023 - Original Sold, Prints Available
Best of Me Watercolor and Recycled Collage on Wood Panel - 16.5 x 23.5 x 1.5 - Year 2022 -Original SOLD. Prints Available	Wake Me Up Watercolor and Recycled Collage on Wood Panel - 24 x 18 x 1.5 - Year 2022 - Original SOLD, Prints Available
A Softer Place Watercolor and Recycled Collage on Wood Panel - 40 x 30 x 1.5 - Year 2019 - Original SOLD, Prints Available	Transformation in the Woods Watercolor and Recycled Collage wood panel 26 X 47 - Original SOLD, Commissions and Prints Available
Spring Out Loud Watercolor and Recycled Collage on Wood Panel - 40 X 30 X 1.5 - Year 2023 - Original SOLD, Commissions and Prints	The Paper Forest Watercolor and Recycled Collage on 2 wood panels 40 X 61 - Diptych - Original SOLD, Commissions and Prints
Manifest Watercolor and Recycled Collage on Wood Panel - 23.5 x 16.5 x 1.5 - Year 2022 - Original SOLD, Prints Available	Eclipse Collage and Mixed Media on Wood Panels - 40 x 61 x 1.5 - Diptych - Year 2018 - Original SOLD, Commissions and Prints
Everything Else Watercolor and Recycled Collage on 2 wood panels 48W X 47H - Diptych - Original SOLD, Commissions and Prints	As Within ... Watercolor and Recycled Collage on Wood Panel - 36 x 48 x 1.5 - Year 2021 - Original SOLD, Commissions and Prints
One More Time Watercolor and Recycled Collage on Wood Panel - 47H x 32W 1.5D - Year 2022 - Original SOLD - Prints Available	Endangered Confetti ll Watercolor and Recycled Collage on Wood Panels - 24 X 50 x 1.5 - Diptych - Year 2019 - Original SOLD - Prints Available
Vibrating Peace Watercolor and Recycled Collage on Wood Panel - 37H x 47W 1.5D - Year 2022 - Original SOLD - Prints Available	Here and Now Watercolor and Recycled Collage on Wood Panel - 48 x 36 x 1.5 - Year 2021 - Original SOLD - Prints Available
Morning Whispers Watercolor and Recycled 47H X 48W - Diptych - Original SOLD - Prints Available	Metamorphic Landscape Watercolor and Recycled Collage on Wood Panel - 60 x 41 x 1.5 - Year 2018 - Original SOLD - Prints Available
Autumnal Breath Watercolor and Recycled Collage on Wood Panels - 65 x 30 x 1.5 - Diptych - Year 2019 - SOLD	Whisper Watercolor and Recycled Collage on Wood Panel - 40 x 48 x 1.5 - Year 2021 - Original SOLD - Prints Available
Dual Horizons Watercolor and Recycled Collage on Wood Panels - 61 x 40 x 1.5 - Diptych - Year 2019 - Original SOLD - Prints Available	The Sound of Shapes Watercolor and Recycled Collage on Wood Panels- 45 X 45 - Year 2018 - Original SOLD - Prints Available
Twilight Fell Watercolor and Recycled Collage on Wood Panels - 36 x 72 x 1.5 - Triptych - Year 2018 - Original SOLD - Prints Available	Beyond the Blues Watercolor and Recycled Collage on Wood Panel - 40 x 30 x 1.5 - Year 2020 - Original SOLD - Prints Available
Washed Clean Watercolor and Recycled Collage on Wood Panels - 74" X 36" X 1.5" - Triptych - Year 2018 - Original SOLD - Prints Available	Socially Foresting Watercolor and Recycled Collage on Wood Panel - 40 x 30 x 1.5 - Year 2020 - Original SOLD - Prints Available
Just Breathe Watercolor and Recycled Collage on Wood Panels - 48 x 36 x 1.5 -Year 2018 - Original SOLD - Prints Available	Evolution Watercolor and Recycled Collage on Wood Panel - 45 x 45 x 1.5 - Year 2019 - Original SOLD - Prints Available
Ascension Watercolor and Recycled Collage on Wood Panels - 60 x 41 x 1.5 - Year 2018 - Original SOLD - Prints Available	Let Go Watercolor and Recycled Collage on Wood Panels - 48 x 36 x 1.5 -Year 2019 - Original SOLD - Prints Available
A Day in the Life Collage and Mixed Media on Wood Panels - 49.5 x 36 x 1.5 - Diptych - Year 2018 - Original SOLD - Prints Available	Canopy View Collage and Mixed Media on Wood Panels - 24 x 61 x 1.5 - Diptych - Year 2018 - Original SOLD - Prints Available
Snow Blind Collage and Mixed Media on Wood Panels - 36 x 21 x 1.5 - Diptych - Year 2018 - Original SOLD - Prints Available	Quiet Spaces Watercolor and Recycled Collage on Wood Panel - 35.5 x 47.5 x 1.5 - Year 2019 - Original SOLD - Prints Available
Unsheltered Watercolor and Recycled Collage on Wood Panel - 48 x 73 x 1.5 - Diptych - Year 2019 - Original SOLD - Prints Available	Reaching Across Worlds Collage and Mixed Media on Wood Panels - 24 x 52 x 1.5 - Triptych - Year 2018- Original SOLD - Prints Available
Well Being ll Watercolor and Recycled Collage on Wood Panel - 40 x 45 x 1.5 - Year 2019 - Original SOLD - Prints Available

“Trees exhale for us so that we can inhale them to stay alive. Can we ever forget that? Let us love trees with every breath we take until we perish.” ― Munia Khan

In this series entitled 'Just Breath', I am using my own uniquely formulated process to distinctly layer watercolors for greater texture and depth. This new application gives me the ability to add many more layers of light atop dark watercolor paints, augmenting a moodiness to my Recycled Treescapes created from recycled litter and junk mail.

All works from the 'Just Breath' Series are finished with two coats of archival satin varnish, creating a contemporary but natural look. The edges are either painted charcoal or left natural and finished with varnish and often displaying drips of paint from the process.

The overall result is an aesthetically alluring painting with a hidden message about protecting our forests. All works are Ready-to-Hang.

* Commissioned pieces using your color and size requests are available.

Splintered Wisdom Series

Finding Peace Collage with Mixed Media on Wood Panel - 61W X 44H X 2D - Diptych - Year 2025 - Original and Prints Available	Big Hard Sun Collage with Mixed Media on Wood Panel - 51W X 47H X 2D - Diptych - Year 2022 - Original and Prints Available
Forest Bathing Collage and Recycled Materials on Handcrafted Wood Panel - 47H X 23W X 1.5 - Year 2025 - Original and Prints Available	Rejoice! Collage and Recycled Materials on Handcrafted Wood Panel - 45H X 45W X 2 - Year 2024 - Original and Prints Available
Unconditional Collage and Recycled Materials on Handcrafted Wood Panel - 44H X 30W X 1.5 - Year 2025 - Original and Prints Available	Autumn Bliss Collage with Mixed Media on Wood Panel - 24W X 20H X 2D - - Year 2022 - Original and Prints Available
$Refracted Limbs$ Refracted Limbs Collage and Mixed Media on Handcrafted Birch Wood Panel- 33 X 16 X 2 - Diptych - Year 2015 - Original and Prints Available	Peace and Violet Collage and Mixed Media on Wood Panel - 18 X 37.5 X 2 - Diptych - Year 2015 - Original and Prints Available
Peace of Wood Collage and Recycled Materials on Handcrafted Wood Panel - 32 X 21 X 2 - Year 2024 - Original and Prints Available	Finite Gestures Collage and Mixed Media on Wood Panels - 14 X 30 X 2 - Diptych - Year 2015 - Original and Prints Available
Splintered Wisdom Collage and Mixed Media on Handcrafted Birch Wood Panel - 34 X 50 X 2 - Diptych - Year 2015 - Original SOLD - Prints Available	The Joy of Living Collage with Mixed Media on Wood Panel - 48W X 47H X 2D - Diptych - Year 2025 - Original SOLD, Prints Available
Sticks and Stones Collage with Mixed Media on Wood Panel - 20 X 24 X 2 - Year 2016 - Original SOLD - Prints Available	Sistertude Collage Mixed Media on Handcrafted Birch Wood Panel - 38 X 78 X 1.5 - Diptych - Year 2021 - Original SOLD - Prints Available
Upcycled Forest Collage and Recycled Materials on Handcrafted Wood Panel - 40H X 47W X 2 - Year 2024 - Original SOLD, Prints Available	Renewed Collage and Mixed Media on Handcrafted Wood Panel - 40 X 30 X 2 - Year 2017 - Original SOLD - Prints Available
Stand Still Collage and Mixed Media on Handcrafted Wood Panel - 40 X 35 X 2 - Year 2015 - Original SOLD - Prints Available	The Last Sunset Collage and Mixed Media on Handcrafted Wood Panel - 45 X 35 X 2 - Diptych - Year 2016 - Original SOLD - Prints Available
By the Light of the Rectangle Sun Collage and Mixed Media on Handcrafted Wood Panel - 36 X 36 X 2 - Year 2017 - Original SOLD - Prints Available	Golden Umbra Collage and Mixed Media Wood Panel - 40 X 30 X 1.5 - Year 2018 - Original SOLD - Prints Available
A Healing Place Collage and Recycled Materials on Handcrafted Wood Panel - 40H X 32W X 2 - Year 2024 - Original SOLD, Prints Available	Transcending Flames Watercolor & Collage Mixed Media - Wood Panels - Diptych 36 X 21 X 1.5 in - Year 2017 - Original SOLD - Prints Available
Protectors Collage and Mixed Media on Handcrafted Birch Wood Panels - 45 x 37 x 2 - Year 2016 - Original SOLD - Prints Available	The Receptive Mode Collage and Mixed Media on Handcrafted Wood Panel - 45 x 40 x 2 in - 2018 - Original SOLD - Prints Available
Path of Least Resistance Collage and Mixed Media on Wood Panels - 49 x 36 x 1.5 - Diptych - Year 2018 - Original SOLD - Prints Available	When We Get There Collage and Mixed Media Wood Panel - 30 X 40 X 1.5 - Year 2018 - Original SOLD - Prints Available
And the Trees Spoke Collage and Mixed Media on Handcrafted Wood Panels - 36 x 25 X 2 - Diptych - Year 2016 - Original SOLD - Prints Available	River of Fire Watercolor & Collage Mixed Media - Wood Panels - Diptych 50 X 30 X 1.5 - Year 2017 - Original SOLD - Prints Available
If Trees Could Walk Collage and Mixed Media on Wood Panel - 24 X 24 X 1.5 - Year 2015 - Original SOLD - Prints Available	Always Forward Watercolor & Collage Mixed Media - Wood Panels - Diptych 50 X 30 X 1.5 - Year 2017 - Original SOLD - Prints Available
Discarded Mercy Collage and Mixed Media on Handcrafted Wood Panels - 34 X 50 X 2 - Diptych - Year 2015 - Original SOLD - Prints Available	Getting Into the Vortex Graphite Drawing with Mixed Media on Wood Panel - 30 H x 40 W x 2 - Year 2017 - Original SOLD - Prints Available
Courageous is the Soul Collage and Mixed Media on Wood Panels - 29 X 12 X 2 - Diptych - Year 2015 - Original SOLD - Prints Available	Well Being Collage and Mixed Media on Wood Panel - 40 X 45 X 2 - Year 2015 - Original SOLD - Prints Available
A Breath of Fresh Air Collage with Mixed Media on Wood Panel - 24 X 24 X 2 - Year 2016 - Original SOLD - Prints Available	Storms Coming Watercolor and Collage Mixed Media - Wood Panels - Diptych 24 x 73 x 1.5 - Year 2017 - Original SOLD - Prints Available
Endangered Confetti ll Collage and Mixed Media on Wood Panels - 24 H x 50 W x 2 - Year 2015 - Original SOLD - Prints Available	This Buffer of Time Collage and Mixed Media on Handcrafted Birch Wood Panels - 36 X 49.5 X 2 - Diptych - Year 2015 - Original SOLD - Prints Available
Point of Indifference Collage and Mixed Media on Handcrafted Wood Panels - 34 X 75 X 2 - Triptych - Year 2015 - Original SOLD - Prints Available	Slumbering Heroes Collage and Mixed Media on Wood Panels - 20 X 24 X 2 - Year 2016 - Original SOLD - Prints Available
Plan of Escape Collage and Mixed Media on Handcrafted Birch Wood Panels - 45 X 72 X 2 - Diptych - Year 2015 - Original SOLD - Prints Available	Vicissitude Collage and Mixed Media on Handcrafted Birch Wood - 20 X 49 X 2 - Diptych - Year 2015 - Original SOLD - Prints Available
The Stand Collage and Mixed Media on Wood Panels - 18 X 49 X 2 - Diptych - Year 2015 - Original SOLD - Prints Available

I like to think of my job as an Artist to be that of turning the ugly into something beautiful and contribute to the well being of my community and the planet.
The Splintered Wisdom series is a creation of watercolor treescapes enhanced by collaged pieces of recycled wood and litter, further detailed with graphite and color pencils. I have adopted a section of a scenic highway in California to pick up all the trash left behind by tourists and residents which I use to add dimension and texture to my work. Instilled in every piece is a gentle reminder that if we do not clean up after ourselves trees will not grow from our trash in the future.

All works from the Splintered Wisdom Series are finished with two coats of archival satin varnish, creating a contemporary but natural look. The edges are finished with varnish as well, but left natural and often display drips of paint from the process.

Indigenous Transparency Series

Graceful Siege Graphite Drawing with Mixed Media on Wood Panel - 36 H x 24 W x 2 - Year 2017 - Original SOLD, Prints Available	Protected Wings - Spotted Owl Watercolor with Recycled collage on Wood Panel - 30 X 40 X 1.5 - Year 2023 - Original SOLD, Prints Available
Fragile Abundance Watercolor and Recycled Collage on Wood Panel - 30 X 24 X 1.5 - Year 2023 - Original SOLD, Prints Available	All We Are Saying Graphite Drawing & Mixed Media on Wood Panel - 40 X 30 X 2 - Year 2017 - Original SOLD - Prints Available
A Place to Hide Graphite Drawing & Mixed Media on Wood Panel - 36 X 24 X 2 - Year 2016 - Original SOLD, Prints Available	The Talisman Graphite Drawing with Mixed Media on Wood Panel - 40 H x 30 W x 2 - Year 2017 - Original SOLD, Prints Available
Nocturnal Parliament Graphite Drawing with Mixed Media on Wood Panels - 24 X 61 X 2 - Diptych - Year 2017 - Original SOLD, Prints Available	A Noble Cast Collage with Mixed Media on Wood Panels - Diptych - 36 X 50 X 2 - Year 2017 - Original SOLD, Prints Available
Indigenous Transparency Graphite Drawing & Mixed Media on wood Panels - 3 X 16 X 2 - Diptych - Year 2016 - Original SOLD, Prints Available	Primordial Roots Graphite Drawing with Mixed Media on Wood Panel - 20 x 16 x 2 - Year 2016 - Original SOLD, Prints Available
Breaking the Silence Graphite Drawing with Mixed Media on Wood Panels - 16 X 20 X 2 - Year 2016 - Original SOLD, Prints Available

Indigenous people, animals and plants are all striving to not become extinct in a world where the politics that govern ourselves and the planet become less and less transparent.
I look to nature for guidance and a sense of well being.

The basic process for works in this series begins with a photograph I take of birds that live in the forests and reservoirs in my area. To this is added transparent watercolor backgrounds and detail work with graphite and color pencils. Applying stenciled patterns with rollers and lace adds interest and an abstract dimension. The rich texture of the trees, as with the Splintered Wisdom Series, are created with collaged bits of images of bark and litter that I clean up off of scenic highways. This serves as a gentle reminder that if we do not stop trashing the planet, trees and wildlife will not grow from our garbage in the future.

This series synthesizes many of my favorite techniques and applications I have picked up as an Artist from drawing realism to lose watercolor painting and beyond.

These works are mounted on wood panels and finished with two coats of archival satin varnish. This natural, yet contemporary presentation requires no glass or framing. All works are Ready-to-Hang.

Portraits

Seeds of Hope Jane Goodall - Graphite and Mixed Media on Wood Panel - 16 x 12 x 1.5 in - Year 2017 - Original SOLD	Awaken Portrait of Damien Escobar - Graphite and Watercolor on Paper Mounted Wood Panel - 24 X 30 X 2 - Year 2016
I Am Stronger Than Fear Portrait of Malala Yousafzai - Graphite and Watercolor on Wood Panel - 24 X 36 X 2 - Year 2016	Be the Change Mahatma Gandhi - Graphite and Mixed Media on Wood Panel - 16 x 12 x 1 in - Year 2017
Human Nature Portrait of Marco Parisi - Graphite and Watercolor on Paper Mounted Wood Panel - 30 X 24 X 2 - Year 2015	Babylon Portrait of David Gray - Graphite and Watercolor - 24 X 34 X 2 - Year 2016
The Mountains are Calling John Muir - Graphite and Mixed Media on Wood Panel - 16 x 12 x 1.5 in - Year 2017	In Memory of A Beautiful Soul Portrait of Robin Williams - Graphite on Wood Panel 24 X 30 X 2 - Year 2014
Mortal Landscapes Graphite and Mixed Media on Wood Panel - 24" x 24" x 2" in - Year 2017	Intuition Graphite and Mixed Media on Wood Panel - 24" x 24" x 2" in - Year 2017
Winter Lassie Mixed Media - 12 H x 16 W x 1.5 in - Year 2018 - Original SOLD	Spaces Worth Saving Portrait of Huey Johnson - Watercolor, Pencil and Collaged images of Litter picked up off Sir Francis Drake - Wood Panel - 24 X 36 X 2 - Year 2016
Her Biggest Fan Commissioned Portrait - Graphite and Charcoal on Paper - 19 X 25 - Year 2015 - Original SOLD	David, Here and There Portrait of David Anderson - Graphite on Wood Panel - 36 X 24 X 1.5 - Year 2014
Her Kiss Graphite, Charcoal and Acrylic on Wood Panel - 24 X 24 X 2 -Year 2015 Original SOLD

There is no way for me to verbalize how Escobar's music moves me or how Malala's story instilled me with courage, and how Robin Williams made me laugh... and cry. Drawing people is the best way I know to pay tribute. I work to catch the intensity, concentration or joy in the faces I draw. Finding geometric shapes in everything is essential to my study of natural things. Art, music, books and people that inspire me, easily flow and project into my work.

These portraits were created primarily with graphite pencils and watercolors on art paper, mounted on a wood panel. I finish each piece with two coats of archival satin varnish providing permanence and a contemporary style that is ready to hang. No glass or glare separates you from the image.

*Commissioned Portraits Available.

Recent Works​

2016 - Present

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Up Up and Away

Watercolor and Recycled Collage on Wood Panel - 47 X 51 X 1.5in - Diptych - Year 2025 - Original and Prints Available

Inner Spaciousness

Watercolor and Recycled Collage on Wood Panel - 47 X 47 X 2 - Year 2022 - Original and Prints Available

What We Leave Behind

Watercolor and Recycled Collage on Wood Panel - 47.5 X 48 X 1.5in - Diptych - Year 2023 - Original and Prints Available

Disappearing World

Watercolor and Recycled Collage on Wood Panel - 40 X 30 X 1.5 - Year 2023 - Original and Prints Available

See and Feel

Watercolor and Recycled Collage on Wood Panel - 50 W x 24 H x 2 D in - Diptych - Year 2023 - Original and Prints Available

Prevention

Watercolor and Recycled Collage on Wood Panel - 30 x 40 x 1.5 - Year 2020 - Original Sold, Prints Available

Reverence

Watercolor and Recycled Collage on Wood Panel - 45 X 45 X 2 - Year 2023 - Original and Prints Available

Moon River

Watercolor and Recycled Collage on Wood Panels - 48 x 36 x 1.5 - Year 2020- Original Sold, Prints Available

Shards of Beauty

Watercolor and Recycled Collage on Wood Panel - 40 X 30 X 1.5 - Year 2023 - Original and Prints Available

Mountains of Compassion - Sonoma County

Watercolor and Recycled Collage on Wood Panel - 60 W x 45 H x 1.5 D in - Diptych - Year 2025 - Original SOLD, Commissions and Prints Available

Watercolor and Recycled Collage on Wood Panel - 60H X 45W X 2D - Year 2022 - Original SOLD, Prints Available

Sonoma Valley - Day and Night

Watercolor and Recycled Collage on Wood Panel - 42 W x 42 H x 2 D in -Year 2023 - Original SOLD, Prints Available

Mountain Stories

Watercolor and Recycled Collage on Wood Panel - 36 X 73 X 1.5 - Diptych - Year 2021 - Original and Prints Available

Forest Portal

Watercolor and Recycled Collage on Wood Panel - 40H X 30W X 1.5D - Year 2022 - Original and Prints Available

Harvest Moon

Watercolor and Recycled Collage on Wood Panel - 48.5 W x 37 H x 2 D in - Diptych - Year 2022 - Original and Prints Available

Mount Tamalpais - Home Sweet Home

Watercolor and Recycled Collage on Wood Panel - 45 X45 X 1.5 - Year 2023 - Original SOLD, Prints Available

Watercolor and Recycled Collage on Wood Panel - 45 W x 44 H x 1.5 D in - Diptych - Year 2024 - Original SOLD, Prints Available

Resiliency

Watercolor and Recycled Collage on Wood Panel - 42W X 47H X 1.5D - Year 2022 - Original SOLD, Prints Available

Watercolor and Recycled Collage on Wood Panel - 42W X 47H X 2D - Year 2022 - Original and Prints Available

Mt. Saint Helena - The Human Mountain

Watercolor and Recycled Collage on Wood Panel - 61 W x 40 H x 2 D in - Diptych - Year 2023 - Original SOLD, Commissions and Prints Available

Life of Abundance

Watercolor and Recycled Collage on Wood Panel - 61 W x 40 H x 2 D in - Diptych - Year 2023 - Original SOLD, Prints Available

Bitter Sweet

Watercolor and Recycled Collage on Wood Panel - 51 W x 45 H x 2 D in - Diptych - Year 2022 - Original SOLD, Commissions and Prints

The Root of Happiness

Watercolor and Recycled Collage on Wood Panel - 47 X 47 X 2 - Year 2023 - Original Sold, Prints Available

Learning to Forget

Watercolor and Recycled Collage on Wood Panel - 48 W x 47 H x 2 D in - Diptych - Year 2022 - Original SOLD, Commissions and Prints

Heavenly Peaks

Watercolor and Recycled Collage on Wood Panel - 45 X 45 X 1.5 - Year 2021 - Original SOLD, Commissions and Prints Available

Coming Home

Watercolor and Recycled Collage on Wood Panel - 30 X 40 X 1.5 - Year 2021 - Original SOLD, Commissions and Prints

We Love Art

Watercolor and Recycled Collage on Wood Panel - 47 W x 42 H x 2 D in - Diptych - Year 2022 - Original SOLD, Commissions and Prints

Collective Solitude

Watercolor and Recycled Collage on Wood Panel - 40 x 45 x 1.5 - Year 2021 - Original SOLD - Prints Available

Peace Song

Watercolor and Recycled Collage on Wood Panel - 47 X 47 X 1.5 - Year 2021 - Original SOLD - Prints Available

Sleeping Lady

Watercolor and Recycled Collage on Wood Panel - 46 X 46 X 1.5 - Year 2021 - Original SOLD - Prints Available

Mountain Song

Watercolor and Recycled Collage on Wood Panel - 30H X 40W X 1.5D - Year 2021 - Original SOLD - Prints Available

Flow

Watercolor and Recycled Collage on Wood Panel - 36 X 49 X 1.5 - Diptych - Year 2021 - Original SOLD - Prints Available

The Mountains are Calling

Watercolor and Recycled Collage on Wood Panel - 45 X 40 X 1.5 - Year 2021 - Original SOLD - Prints Available

Night and Day

Watercolor and Recycled Collage on Wood Panel - 57 X 24 X 1.5 - Diptych - Year 2021 - Original SOLD - Prints Available

Mt. Tamalpais - The Artist Perspective

Watercolor and Recycled Collage on Wood Panel - 40 X 61 X 1.5 - Diptych - Year 2021 - Original SOLD - Prints Available

River's End

Watercolor and Recycled Collage on Wood Panel - 40H X 61W X 1.5D - Diptych - Year 2021 - Original SOLD - Prints Available

Hiding Place

Watercolor and Recycled Collage on Wood Panel - 36 x 36 x 1.5 - Year 2021 - Original SOLD - Prints Available

Greater Distance

Watercolor and Recycled Collage on Wood Panel - 30 x 40 x 1.5 - Year 2021 - Original SOLD - Prints Available

The Journey

Watercolor and Recycled Collage on Wood Panel - 49 W x 39 H x 1.5 D in - Year 2021 - Original SOLD - Prints Available

Courage

Watercolor and Recycled Collage on Wood Panel - 42 X 31 X 1.5 - Year 2022 - Original SOLD - Prints Available

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