Finding my voice Part 4 of a multi part collection [ Read art 1 here, Part 2 here, Part 3 here] Do you ever find yourself creating something and then looking at it days later and hating it? I find…
Posted on June 11, 2022
Finding my voice Part 3 of a multi part collection [ Read art 1 here, Part 2 here ] I am struggling and experimenting lately; working to create a recognizable style and approach to my work. I want to find…
Posted on December 14, 2021
Finding my voice Part 2 (read part 1 here) I am working to create a recognizable style and approach to my work, to find my “voice”. The artists that i admire, can be recognized without seeing attribution. I am hoping…
Posted on November 19, 2021
Finding My Voice Part 1 When i think of the artists that i admire, i know that i can see their work and recognize their hand in the work often without seeing attribution. The way they paint and the narrative…
Posted on November 16, 2021
My wife and I spent 2 weeks in Scotland and Northern England this Spring. It was a trip we had been planning for 10 years. Things (life, work, money…) always got in the way. We finally went to Scotland in…
Posted on June 13, 2019
I sometimes wish I had never studied art. I try to stay motivated, to be creative, but sometimes I just can’t draw… right? It’s like my mind and eye aren’t working together and I hate everything. sometimes I just can’t…
Posted on April 18, 2019
Now that the time and season have changed, the flowers of Spring are starting to crawl out of the damp ground. All around the Northwest, the snow of February and the rains of March have left the ground fertile. And…
Posted on April 16, 2019
Late Spring and early Summer is one of my favorite times of year – the light is stronger and angled and the vegetables and fruits start to show up in the markets again. Pairing contrasting shapes, textures and genus in…
Posted on April 16, 2019
Late Spring and early Summer is one of my favorite times of year – the light is stronger and angled and the vegetables and fruits start to show up in the markets again. Here you can see a study I…
Posted on April 6, 2019
Before I moved to Seattle crows, jays and magpies were not birds I really noticed. However our first place in Seattle was across from Kinnear Park in Queen Anne and turned out to be the night time roost for a…
Posted on March 12, 2019
Sunflowers are happy. I mean really, I dare you to look at one in full bloom and not smile. Started sketching and painting them 10 years ago – funny that it took moving to Seattle, a place not known for…
Posted on February 14, 2019
A light and cold Sunday, so I pulled out my acrylic paints and a board and tried scratching in some color and motion to capture this image. Based on a watercolor sketch I did a number of years ago; used…
Posted on February 11, 2019
Today we had a snowstorm in Seattle. It looks to be a memorable one. There was a foot of new snow on our driveway by the time it slowed down mid-morning. I had forgotten how beautiful (and cold) new fallen…
Posted on February 10, 2019
I love the smell of the open water. Growing up on a farm in Idaho, I only had access to lakes and streams. It wasn’t until I was in high school that I actually got to see the beach and…
Posted on February 8, 2019
A number of years ago I worked in downtown Seattle and commuted everyday to pioneer Square via the #2 from Queen Anne. I loved the space that ride gave me to do something to prep for my day, or to…
Posted on February 3, 2019
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