landscape & figurative

BUTTERFLY WOMAN

10x14 "
mixed media - acrylic, ink

Just as a caterpillar changes into a beautiful butterfly, this piece explores the idea of a girl's metamorphosis into womanhood.

Mt Saint Helens

96x34" (in two segments)
oil on canvas

This is a 2nd portrayal of the May 18, 1980 eruption of Mt Saint Helens. The day after the eruption, the artist was actually in the area, passing the Tuttle River and unaware of the extensive volcanic dust fallout blanketing the road and air. This work has been exhibited in 16 juried shows and resulted in 5 commissions of like theme and appearance, with some similar pieces exceeding 18-36 feet in length by 4-5 feet in height.

Woman I

18x22"
mixed media - ink, collage

This is an attempt to portray the femininity and universality of women and their respectful rights as participating citizens of a nurturing and embracing world. The piece includes newspaper clippings relative to woman's rights dating from the 1970s.

Woman II

28x32"
graphite drawing

This drawing from a model was used for the college assignment "Womanhood." The female form is interrupted with information graphically demonstrating: emotion, (solar-circle/equinox etc) eternity of creation (triangle - pyramid), solid constitution (tying spine to earth shape) and calculating (numbered triangle).

Topographic VIII

32x72 "
oil on canvas

This piece was created for the State of Oregon, demonstrating the differing means of portraying the region's multi-use terrain and elevations.

Ecosystem II

22x36"
graphite on paper

This was a visual exercise in an attempt to capture our eco-system— water, fish, trees, human and natural formations— to express a visually cohesive movement and integration of complex living organisms.

Distant Hill

36x36" (in two segments)
oil on canvas

Is piece is a portrayal of a distant hill and skyline, seen beyond a cedar tree. The tree, which has succumbed to wind rain and the earth's weather, frames a ravine with a rushing river below.

Barn IV

28x14"
watercolor

This depiction of an old barn in Melrose, Oregon was created in earth tones with a #6 and #8 sable brush, and using the sharpened end of the wooden handle to scrape away the paint and highlight the high grass.

Scotts Mountain

48x22 "
oil on panel

A plein air rendering of Scotts Mountain in Oregon, capturing the river and mountain strata, along with merging hills of perspective distance.

Wet Hills

36x48 "
oil on panel

This plein air piece was created as an exercise to capture the wet green hills of Oregon in spring time. The hills are contrasted with the crisp blue hues of the evening sky and a river in the middle ground.

Burnt Mountain

36x38"
oil on panel

"Burnt Mountain" was created in an attempt to capture the wet and thundering skies above the mountains in Douglas County, Oregon. The mountains display the different colors and textures of earth strata while the rain fragments the landscape.

テ (te)

17x21"
graphite on paper

This graphite drawing is a study of the artist's hand in motion.

Woman VII

36x42"
conte on paper

This rendering of three female figures in conte is an attempt to represent the three stages of womanhood in a monotone environment.

Man Overcoming Evil

26x32"
mixed media - acrylic, ink, watercolor

In complete winters evening darkness, strapped into a UPS vehicle in the frigid cold water 65 feet below the North Umpqua River surface struggling to break free of the seatbelt and wreckage.

PASSING OVER

24x36"
oil on canvas & collage

This painting is an attempt to visualize the artist's near drowning experience - "passing over."

LOST

18x12"
collage (newspaper) & pencil

This collage expresses the emotional trauma and injury I felt waking up in the hospital and seeing the "reflection of my face torn off," life goes on.