Journey of the Dream Machine
34” x 14” - Watercolor, fluid acrylic, glow powder, gesso and metal leaf
Original framed work: $2,500 (Sold)
This piece began as a conceptual dive into the contrasts between the conscious and subconscious after reading some serious Carl Jung content from the “Red Book.” I had an epiphany that I needed to invite my subconscious mind to play a greater part in my artistic process, and that it’s not always a good idea to try and pre-plan every aspect of a piece as I’ve often been inclined to do. After making several compositional mockups, I decided to let it be an exploratory process where I could leave space to add new elements as I went along, particularly in the underwater section at the bottom. To achieve even more contrast, there are metallic glints at certain angles, sea creatures that glow in the dark, and a gloss coating over the bottom section compared with the top - which combines watercolor with gesso to create a super-matte, “frescoesque” effect.
Siesta Meditation
16” x 16” - Fluid Acrylic, 3D texture medium & super matte glaze on Gallery Wrapped Canvas
Original framed work: $950 (Available)
There’s a unique ephemeral magic to every sunset. If only that surreal glow could be captured faithfully! That was my inspiration for this piece that celebrates the experience of being present during one such unbelievably unique and beautiful sunset on Siesta Key. You can see a time-lapse video of my process on my instagram and facebook pages showing the entire process start to finish.
Tropica Borealis
12” x 24” - Fluid Acrylic and Hyper Black Matte Paint on Gallery-Wrapped Canvas
Original framed work: $875 (Available)
For this work, I wanted to finally let myself explore tropical or “beachy” art, which I have really never done. As you might notice, I am always inspired by painting clouds and capturing the intensity and depth of light and shadow in them, so that was the focus here. I also aimed to get this piece done in one sitting, which was a fascinating challenge. There is a time-lapse video of the process of this painting on my instagram and facebook pages.
Acceptance
16” x 30” - Rusted steel paint and oil paint on hemp canvas
Original framed work: $1250 (Available)
In this second work for my recent series of three figurative textural pieces, I was inspired by a process I’d recently come up with to help invite my subconscious to play, and then to work back and forth with planned and improvisational elements. I started with a rusted steel coating over a coarse hemp canvas, and then rendered the high-contrast face with glaze and oil paint. Another effort to create hyper-dimensionality, this work integrates some detailed fractal patterns and a bit of liquid gold leaf as accents throughout to create a dream-like depth.
Emerson Point Overlook
24” x 12” - Fluid acrylic on canvas
Original framed work: $550 (Sold)
On a lovely hike through the Emerson Point Nature Preserve, I took a photo at the top of the overlook tower. That panoramic shot became the basis for my first exploration into impressionist Florida landscape painting with fluid acrylics, inspired by great Canadian impressionist landscape painters of the 90’s and 2000’s.
Deep Truths
20” x 20” x 2.5” - Plaster, Oil paint & Steel paint on canvas
Original framed work: $950. (Available)
I initially wanted to create the effect of light through ocean water with tinted translucent resin, inspired by the beauty of aquaterra stone (Sea sediment Jasper). After building organic walls with plaster and then oil painting the spiritual head form, I decided to leave out the resin and just let the paint and rusted/polished texture shine.
Prints coming soon!
Golden hour oak
18” x 24” - Fluid acrylic on canvas
Original framed work: $750 (Available)
As I was Inspired by modern Canadian Impressionist landscape painters, I found myself in a phase of taking lots of photos to capture some local tropical Florida scenery and try out some techniques. This piece is the second of this (mini) series, based on a photo taken of an oak tree during golden hour on the campus of New College.
Prints coming soon!
Ephemeral clarity
18” x 24” - Oil paint, clay and varnish on canvas
Original framed work: $1200 (Sold)
The first in my most recent series of texture contrast and figurative composition, this piece opened a creative door through process and letting the piece unfold without trying to know exactly where it was going when I started. Turns out the universe encourages play and discovery. Do you see the figure as female or male?
Prints coming soon!
The Fish & The Fox
10” x 10” - Oil paint on polished birch panel
Original work: NFS
In this curious moment of quick narrative movement, my experimentation took me into a quest to see how polished I could get birch panel so that it could bounce light back through layers of varnish and oil paint hues. Does the Fox eat the fish, or does the fish simply instigate a game of cat and mouse?
Prints coming soon!
Highland Reflection
30” x 36” - Fluid acrylic on gallery wrapped canvas
Original work: $3250 (Available)
This piece is an impressionistic rendition of a photo of a deeply inspiring spot on a mountain in Glencoe, Scotland. My goal was to find a way to capture and convey the intensely vibrant energy and otherworldy beauty that floods the senses in that most breathtaking place.
Prints coming soon!
Portrait of Carina
16” x 20” - Oil paint and layered tinted gloss varnish on canvas
Original work: $1650 (Available)
Patience on a stellar scale was critical here as I downloaded the raw black and white bitmaps from the Spitzer Space Telescope and processed them in the specific colors that its sensors “saw” them in to composite my own version of this famous nebula digitally. After boosting and isolating each color into layers, I began tinting varnish and stippling each color in careful sections only where I saw them in the image. Because each layer took up to a few days to dry, this piece took almost a year to complete, but definitely achieved some serious dimensional effects.
Song of Maroon Bells
16” x 12” - Fluid acrylic on canvas
Original work: $350 (Available)
Here is a perspective rendering of a popular hiking vista called Maroon Bells, just outside of Aspen, Colorado. This was the first piece I created in my quest to try out modern impressionistic landscape painting techniques. There is only about a week and a half in September when the Aspen trees turn yellow in this mountain range to create this epic and crisp colorscape.
Witch Tree Summit
16” x 20” - Fluid acrylic on canvas
Original work: $550 (Sold)
Part of my exploration into blending inspiration from modern impressionist landscape, love of trees and general stylistic influence from Maxfield Parrish, this work speaks a quiet story of color, light and texture next to the ocean.
Prints coming soon!
Evolving Revelations
32” x 40” - Pencil, Conté and Pastel on prepared matboard
Original work: $1500 (Sold)
This piece harkens back to the very beginning of my conceptual journey through philosophical meaning-making in my art. It is based on the sentence: “The mind’s capacity to further its own evolution is unlimited.” Various symbols and compositional elements work together in a harmonious procession to explore and express how we structure our understanding of the world around us, above us, and within us.