I have had a studio practice for over thirty years. I painted with oil and metallic pigment on canvas, wood and aluminum panels until 2015 when I began to work with colored pencil. I spent two years developing the drawings I am doing now.
I have worked in my West Oakland studio for 25 years (and I can get orchids to rebloom under my skylights!).
From June 11th to July 2nd, 2019, I was the artist in residence at the Lucid Art Foundation in Inverness, California. I had three weeks of solitude, nature and a beautiful studio.
The View, 2003,
Oil and polychromatic mica pigments on wood,
12 x 14"
For ten years I worked with powdered interference mica pigments. These pigments work by interfering with light waves causing a shift in color depending on the light and angle of viewing. By building up many, many thin layers of pigment and oil mediums I was able to achieve a changeable, metal-like surface. Private Collection
Copper Cube, 2002,
10" square,
Oil and mica pigments on wood
Along The Five (Santa Margarita), 2007,
Oil on aluminum,
12 x 12"
I got my hands on some aluminum and spent around a decade enjoying the challenge of painting on metal. Private Collection
South on 101 (Atascadero), 2008,
Oil on aluminum,
12 x 12"
I started this series with a painting for each exit on Interstate 5 between Altamont and the Grapevine, then added Highways 101, 29 and 49.
Private Collection
Off Old 99: Lindsay, 2011,
Oil on aluminum,
20 x 20"
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Delphi 1, 2011,
Oil, ink and graphite on aluminum,
12 x 12" Simultaneous to the landscapes I veered off into other ways of working with the aluminum panels.
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Delphi 2, 2011
Oil, ink and graphite on aluminum
12 x 12"
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Ribbon Canyon, 2012,
Oil on aluminum panel,
12 x 36" Private Collection
Griphos (1 and 13), 2013,
Spray paint and oil on aluminum panel,
16 x 8"
Five Pearls,
2014,
Colored pencil on paper,
11 x 18"
In 2014 I did a series of drawings of spheres to learn how to use colored pencil.
