For Those with Ears to Hear
Artwork
The Blessing of the Fleet
Who of us isn’t a ship about to leave harbor? When the anchor is pulled We’ll sail into a new tomorrow As dark and unknowable As the deep Who of us isn’t a ship on the ocean? Lines cast and waiting To bring in a harvest To feed the world Maybe today Who […]
An Invitation
I read the invitation on the last falling leaves of our apple tree. Fall days like this are the best.“Come as you are” is all it said.So we went.Barefoot and happy.Soon enough I found myself standing on the wet sand while painting this one as this shaded creek flowed out to sea around and beneath […]
Rise and Shine
Painted this one on location close to home on a November morning back in 2019. It was one of those days we don’t get very often here, perfect conditions, no wind, crystal clear… just not quite clear enough to see what was about to go down in a few short months. When I look at […]
Chromatic Water Theory XIII: Abstract Jazz
A Man Among Giants… and Also His Cat
Between the Music and the Beer
This was also a live painting done just recently at a benefit for a local nonprofit called Friends of the Dunes. I’ve been painting at their annual wine-sipping event for the last 6 years or so and always have a good time. This day was no different, but it was a bright sunny day, unlike […]
A Fresh Perspective
Long straight sandy beaches are a lifelong nemesis when it comes to composing a scene that holds my interest long enough to see a painting through. Down on the beach it’s all just sand and sky with that little strip of compressed sea level ocean. Aargh. Get me up on a hill. Give me a […]
Deep Calls to Deep
La Tavola
As the Wheel Turns
End of the Rose
Cloud Theory
Waters Above
The Father, the Son, and a Very Still Wind
Ballad of a Crystal Man
Architecture, As a Weapon
Solitaire
Facts and Fiction
Drink the Chicken
The City by the Bay
Doubting Thomas and the Pope
Beneath the Surface
The Dining Room
It’s Never Like This
