Yield for Tractor
Artwork
Depth Perception VI
Another prayer for clarity That we might all come to see Our present death As fertile ground Instead And though this trope wears thin There will be nothing cliche About who you are When you arise From your own grave Today
Origin Story
Ella’s Point
Bamboozled
Afternoon Commitments
When we’re young and in love, we can ignore all the demands of the world in favor of one afternoon alone with our loved one, while the entire world becomes small enough to rest in the shade of a single beach umbrella. If you know my art, you know I’m usually drawn to higher […]
Hitting the High Notes
Dust and Ashes
The poppies and buckwheat bloom Little fires that have jumped the hearth Right out from the sun itself Scattering our world alight Illuminating our path And the dust we kick up Reminds us where we come from As it settles on our skin A mourning dew Of leftover ash Reminding us of where we’ll go […]
Depth Perception #5
There is something primordial about staring into the blackness of the deep. A sense of heightened awareness is stirred because, well, mostly because monsters. So we feel safer in shallow waters where we can see with all certainty that no such monsters lurk. And yet if the ocean is really moving its the shallows with […]
Depth Perception #4
Depth Perception #3
Depth Perception #2
Depth Perception #1
Twentytwenty II
Gravitational Truce
Over 4 miles of hiking with a large canvas and all my gear, risking the tide, trusting these unstable cliffs to hold a few more hours towering over my head. A game of Russian Roulette with sedimentary geology, all in the name of beauty and solitude. I found it here that day, and some might […]
Nobody Home
The Coast Road
It’s not always intentional When humanity is erased When strip malls and donut shops Are leveled in the blink of an eye When paved roads are pulverized Back to rutted earth Without a second thought I don’t mean to do this In my haste I get sloppy And the brush doesn’t seem to care One […]
Kansas City Star
The President
Recent Fractures
Standing on the edge Where everything brittle must eventually break Where every painting is a tempting of fate I do think about these things But not deeply, and not with too much weight Because I try to tread lightly on the edge of fate But recent fractures Can’t be ignored nor can I the consequences […]
Who Are You?
Higher Learning
If I had learned a little more I’d have known what not to do I’d have stood my ground And refused to paint The whole entire view But here we are after the fact Showing every reef and where they lie Splayed out across this canvas From a vantage point Halfway up the sky A […]
Silver and Gold
Silver and gold I may not have But what I have I give to you I’ve got the golden sun On a morning bright enough to Cast out shadows From the depths of hell I’ve got the silver sea On a morning calm enough to Cast a sweet spell Up to the heights of heaven […]
Not Exactly No
I’m pretty sure there are more than a few of you Who consider me a lazy man A work ethic gone soft Beach days in the sun Idle hands Idle mind Idolatry to the almighty dollar Guilty as charged Stone me But with sweat dripping Down my face I stand in the sparkling sun And […]
Into the Sunset
