Service dogs mean a lot to their owners. A salute to Conner, who aided his human friend in detecting allergies and assited with seizures. I was very pleased to present this commission as a gift, and recognize his abilities and efforts to improve her quality of life.  I appreciate the opportunity to create a memory in honor of a helpful companion, and know he is remembered with great admiration.

16"x20" Acrylic on Canvas

2025

This portrait of my hen was created at Paws for Art - Paint your pet, as part of a workshop and live demonstration. I hosted this event at Walker Rehabilitation Group with charitable contributions benefiting Professional Working Dog Services.  She was hand drawn and painted in roughly two hours. Guests were provided with a sketched version of their pet on canvas. 

16" x 20"  Acrylic on Gallery Wrapped Canvas

2025

This portrait of my cat was created as a live demonstration, with guests participating in a paint-your-pet workshop. He was hand drawn with pencil and completed using acrylic paint.  He is a father to four hens, can say hello, yea and no in English. Also, he lets himself outside and enjoys a domesticated-wild life style.

16" x 20" Acrylic on Canvas

2024

There is guidance, when needed. I Ask for moments of awe and inspiration and  I receive them.  With an open view, potential carries on forever.

20" x 10" Oil on Canvas

 2017

My continuous need for food is innate. Tremendous hunger can be herd. Plants and animals alike, isn't everything alive? I am fascinated by continuous renewal and the recycling processes at work in this world. It's a dynamic reliance that we share in.  

20" x 16" Oil on Canvas 

2017

Beauteous and plasmic fields of golden liquid, paydirt and jewel like riches.  I treasure the lighting conditions. 

20" x 10" Oil on Canvas 

2017

Our home is a very special planet. The innovations that we need to transform the way we live are nearly at hand. The affordable and clean energy to drive a developing World, could come from a variety of sources. The Universe is limitless energy and the Earth is alive with electrical and magnetic activity.  We have the capactity for incredible and high-efficiency energy generation devices, and we should accept nothing less. Humanity is capable of absolutely amazing feats of ingenuity and we can open the doors to something more accessible, clean and affordable.

16" x 20" Oil on Canvas

 2016

I imagine Nikola Tesla was a pretty frustrated inventor by the end of his life. Having invented all kinds of electrical devices, AC  electric current, wireless transmission devices, and even the radio, he has contributed  to our contemporary world in so many ways.  I have imagined what the world would be like, had his nearly free variety of energy been furthered and distributed. Instead, we exist within a petro economic system. Not only is it wasteful and consuming natural resources, it is incredibly difficult to mine and transport. Spills can be very dangerous and awful for wildlife. Our entire world relies on the energy we consume in our homes, vehicles, computers, and phones. The food we grow and eat, costs much more because of the  amount of energy used to produce and transport it.  We pay an incredibly high cost for our reliance on fossil fuels. However, we cannot hastily remove any infrastructure that we depend on. By simply adding new and improved devices and methods, we can  out compete and graduate our society towards other more advanced production processes. We will all benefit greatly from a transformation for the better. 

19"x15" Oil on Canvas

2016

What it feels like to know there are much better ways.

22" x 22" x 22" Oil on Wooden Panel

2012

Call it anything you'd like. Stare right into it, because the light is aware of it. Ask it for a favor. Thank it from time to time. It illuminates existence but it can hear you too. Light can superfluously move. Immersed or dispersed in a mist and an array of subtly varying conditions, cast shadows reminiscent of a living form scatter like leaves. 

14" x 11" Oil on Canvas

2014

Ink on Paper

Rats are near and dear to my heart. I used to raise them as pets when I was a kid. I had a space grade female rat named Oreo that lived to be 7 years old! She would respond by name, climb my body to rest on my shoulder, could roam freely in the back yard, tightrope walk and hop like a bunny. 

I see porcupines as individualized creatures, that are mostly concerned with their own affairs. Defensive by nature and not typically agressive or predatory. I admire their abilities. 

Rattle Dazzle

It is with some of the most acute vision that a Hawk takes to the sky. Flying so far and wide with an intuitive spirit as a guiding internal light.

Each one of us can chose our own path in life. At times it may require difficult decisions and actions. A life of liberty and choice is one that we create for ourselves, in friendship with others that share, understand, inspire and encourage our passions.

Animals have been a continous source of inspiration for me throughout my childhood and into the present day. They have come and gone from my Artwork throughout the years.