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The interactions of fish truly are a dance. These two yellow butterfly koi crossed at a perfect moment, surrounded by bright red goldfish and another koi below. Deep shadows, detailed scales that catch the light, and a sense of calm are the hallmarks of this dynamic piece.
Ready to hang, with or without a frame, this piece features painted edges that wrap the shadows and red fish around the canvas frame.
Pricing Information: $2000 USD
The glowing dawn over distant hills chases the remaining stars, and reveals a mature Bird of Paradise plant on the edge of a mysterious pond. The pond reflects not the blooms and leaves of the plant, but instead wind mills. Growing from the plain like giant metallic flowers, they are mesmerizing in the morning light.
The Bird of Paradise was painted from life, and the wind mills are inspired by the wind farms along I-10 on the way out to Palm Springs. Smooth layers in the water contrast with expressive and careful brushwork in the plant. This piece has a sense of peace, despite the slightly surreal visual puzzle it presents.
Pricing Information: $700 USD
This piece alludes to the cycles, mystery, and destruction of fire. To see our mountains on fire in this region is unfortunately not a rare occurrence.
Even though the topic can be somber, I truly love this piece. I love its colors and patterns. This piece has a lot of who I am in it – cycles and mystery too.
It is also one of few reverse paintings on glass that use a unique, painstaking multistage acrylic process to create its texture. This piece should be displayed with light shining on it, not through it, even though it is painted on a repurposed window. The light will then catch the textures in the acrylic layers, and they will shimmer.
Pricing Information: $3450
This piece and its sister painting (“Inland Empire Night”) have lively movement in the background, and catch a general spirit of movement as they were begun in live music settings. Finishing work in my studio took care to not lose the initial energy of painting around music and sound.
Pricing Information: $1750
This piece was has lively movement in the background, and catches a general spirit of movement as it was begun in a live music setting. Finishing work in my studio took care to not lose the initial energy of painting around music and sound.
Pricing Information: $1750
This could be any number of freeways heading East in the morning, when the sun is breaking over the mountains and silhouetting the trees. The morning light catches on hills and curves in the land, and slightly lights the freeway and early travelers.
This piece is a unique reverse painting on glass, in that the technique used to create the rich texture in the nearby hills is a painstaking multistage acrylic process. This piece should be displayed with light shining on it, not through it, even though it is painted on a repurposed window. The light will then catch the textures in the acrylic layers, and they will shimmer.
Pricing Information: $1900 USD
This piece and its sister piece “Dissonance, Resonance” are a mixture of many things that I love: music themes, the harmony of movement and color, shiny iridescent paints, and painting on glass.
This piece explores the rhythm repetition and variation of shapes – the relationship between the three fish, the water bubbles, and then the more organic shapes in the iridescent paint that surrounds them. There is a five-cord braid made of painted guitar strings suspended behind the painting – this creates the bass clef of the musical staff. Painted wooden beads and brass bells represent musical notes but also the sound of water and even the silence of bubbles floating in it.
Pricing Information: $1800 USD
This piece and its sister piece “Scales & Sound” are a mixture of many things that I love: music themes, the harmony of movement and color, shiny iridescent paints, and painting on glass.
It explores the rhythm of repetition and variation of shapes – the relationship between the three fish, the water bubbles, and then the more organic shapes in the iridescent paint that surrounds them. There is a five-cord braid made of painted guitar strings suspended behind the painting – this creates the treble clef of the musical staff. Painted wooden beads and brass bells represent musical notes but also the sound of water and even the silence of bubbles floating in it.
Pricing Information: $1800 USD
This piece brings together a painted-from-life set of yellow lilies and a scene I photographed from a local koi pond. The design of the piece is meant to invoke pattern, mystery, and balance.
It is oil on an archival wood panel with a 1″ cradle, ready to hang as-is or frame.
Pricing Information: $975 USD
A year ago, I began learning to play the drums. It is a slow hobby for me – in that I don’t practice as much as I should if I wanted to actually play the drums.
That said, learning has given me even greater appreciation for the rhythm section in a live performance. I had originally created this painting to focus on just the lighting and the drum set. But the deep connection that music artists have with their instrument, bandmates, and audience required a more intimate imagery.
Paint is applied in varying depths in this piece: thin to convey light and atmosphere, and thick to lay down the colors of the heart.
Pricing Information: $975 USD
A truly Southern California piece. So much expression and drama in this piece – and the more time you spend with it, the more subtle colors and texture you see. This is one of my favorite paintings, and its size feels like a window out into the night.
This video shows its size and some closer detail.
Pricing Information: $2800 USD
The sun has just set, and the city is alive with the whole night ahead. Lights twinkle at the foot of the mountains, a view familiar to many of us out in the Western states.
This piece features paint applied thickly and with a palette knife, giving a subtle abstract feeling. It has a gloss varnish which showcases the texture and adds to the twinkling light at play.
Pricing Information: $600 USD
Repose – a Pond in Claremont. This pond had bright yellow butterfly koi with long, elegant fins, and shimmery white koi hiding more subtly amongst the lily pads. This piece is about balance: the movement of the fish, the thickly painted greenery, and the play of light and shadow on the still surface. The image wraps around the sides of the 1.5 inch canvas, meaning you can hang this piece as-is without a frame as if the life-size koi are swimming on your wall.
Pricing Information: $1600 USD
Its not often that we get rainbows here in the dry climate of Southern California. Seeing this one at dusk brought a feeling of solemn gratitude. This painting conveys subtle details in the orchard, the city lights, and the foliage of the valley. The skyline features the San Bernardino Mountains, a quintessential view of the Inland Empire.
As kids we are told that gold awaits at the end of a rainbow. But trees, ripening fruit, and a sky so clear you can see for miles – this is a more true treasure. The title is a double entendre in the search for gold and the namesake of the park.
This piece features softly rounded gallery wrapped edges, so framing is optional but not necessary.
Pricing Information: $1950 USD
This piece presents color harmony between dry elements – the wind farms out towards Palm Springs and a desert morning sky – and the water elements of koi in a pond. Thick, loose brush strokes convey expressive energy in a 3-feet square format.
Here is a detail of the painting when it was in-progress, showing the expressive brushwork even at the early stage.
And here below you can see the size of the painting, me sitting next to it for scale.
Pricing Information: $3275 USD
Fish in their pond have their own personalities and social dynamics. This painting conveys the bold, inquisitive, and shy residents of our pond. The water is painted with an expressive wash, and can be interpreted as rock or air in places. The canvas is gallery-wrapped, ready to hang with no frame required.
I recently re-envisioned this painting for a vinyl guitar wrap composition, with a lot of great input from the instrument’s owner. The relationship is shown in this video.
Pricing Information: $1475 USD
