ATTENTION: Due to the size of this painting, Local Pick up only or contact gallery for shipping cost Acrylics, 48" x 48" BACKSTORY: We’ve all done it. Compared our lives to others’. This surreal allegory, about the weight of defining ourselves by others, started with my realization of the exhausting burden of judging the value of my work against the…
ATTENTION: Due to the size of this painting, Local Pick up only or contact gallery for shipping cost 33”x 50” Acrylic on Canvas BACKSTORY: The Aquarist's Apprentice is the result of befriending actual zoo aquarists and learning about just how smart octopuses are. Watch the documentary! The renovated, historic aquarium at The Toledo Zoo was the last project to which…
ATTENTION: Due to the size of this painting, Local Pick up only or contact gallery for shipping cost Acrylics, 36" x 36" BACKSTORY: Beautiful Earth 1, is part of a MAP series, because I miss globes and maps that have beautiful colors and offer more interpretation of landscape overviews than simple GPS maps. Don’t get me wrong, I love GPS,…
ATTENTION: Due to the size of this painting, Local Pick up only or contact gallery for shipping cost Acrylics, 36" x 48" BACKSTORY: Between– Originated with the idea that it really takes so little to have a connection with someone else. With just a direct gaze and minimal detail, the painting pulls the viewer into an immediate, wordless meeting. It…
Acrylics 24"x 24" BACKSTORY: The post-Covid years have been a struggle for me to get all the way back out into the world the way I was before 2020. This one speaks to self-imposed confinement and the longing to break out of it. What freedoms do we deny ourselves, and are we setting our own limitations?
ATTENTION: Due to the size of this painting, Local Pick up only or contact gallery for shipping cost Acrylics, 56" x 50" BACKSTORY: I chose these citrus pals because their humble real-life sizes are inversely proportional to their importance in my adult beverages! And, salad dressings as well. And, what a texture!
Acrylics 24" x 24" BACKSTRORY: There is a healing, transcendent power to solitude in nature. Where the heart can listen and belong. Without need for anything else. The quiet, sacred connection between a person and the natural world and something greater. Alone, but not lonely-there’s wordless communication with the elements and with the soul.
ATTENTION: Due to the size of this painting, Local Pick up only or contact gallery for shipping cost Acrylics, 48" x 30" BACKSTORY: I wish I could say Future Garden (Sea kelp) and Koi were the result of diving or snorkeling experiences, but I cannot. I am humbly fascinated with the whole underwater world to which few humans have access.…
Acrylics, 36" x 22" BACKSTORY: This piece is based on a nightclub in Atlanta called Gold Room Lounge, and captures the golden moment when art, energy and connection hang in the air like electricity. Watching someone light up their craft-no matter their skill level- it’s awe inspiring. The courage to take the stage, the joy of sharing what they love…
23.5” x31.5” Framed Acrylics: BACKSTORY: This piece is similar in style to Hot Train, with the rush of warm bodies in urgent colors conveying the energy of their movement.
Acrylics, 20" x 20" BACKSTORY: Have you ever had that strange electric feeling of being lost in a foreign place? Inspired by a missed train connection in the Netherlands, this image captures the rush of disorientation and frenetic energy of travel. Though unsettling, the experience heightened my love for travel and the thrill of being unmoored, alert, and fully alive.
Acrylics 16" x 20" Framed BACKSTRORY: I created this image specifically for a magazine issue themed, “Dream House,” and it brought to mind a recurring dream I’ve had for years. In the dream, I move through a home filled with many rooms, each one holding a visit with a beloved family member who’s passed on. The feeling is one both…