Spending hours with a single flower in grayscale, I stop seeing petals and start seeing light, weight, and quiet. In that stillness, my attention deepens into presence.
Work in progress. “Flower 1, Value study.” Oil on canvas.
Month Long Apple
I’ve been painting the same apple for a month. At first, it was just a symbol. Then a feeling. Then I really started to see it. The more I focused, the more it revealed color, texture, stillness, energy.
Week after week, the skin and shape of the apple changed. Somehow, feeling, form, and process all found their way into the painting.
Is there something in your life that reveals more as it ages?
What a Cauliflower Taught Me
What if everything we see is just the beginning—and every form holds something deeper, something we can feel?
What We See
This is a photo of a cauliflower. It shows the form—how it looks to the eye. We notice shape, texture, and pattern. But this is only the surface.
What We Notice
This sketch is my human interpretation of the actual cauliflower. Sketching helps us slow down and observe. When we draw, we begin to notice energy: movement, connection, and flow.
What We Feel
”Form Bloom.” Oil on canvas. 36” square. Here is my abstract painting of the cauliflower’s energy. It’s not about how it looks, but its aliveness. This painting reveals my sense of the invisible energy within the form, rising and unfolding.
Now You
What do you see when you look at the world? What do you feel? ”Form Bloom” invites you to notice both—and to remember that every form is also a doorway into energy.
Sudden Grace
It’s springtime in Virginia, and I find myself beneath a flowering tree. I am drawn by sudden blossoms. Nothing holds them back from quiet grace and wild bloom. How freely they open.
As I paint this aM all being, I sense again that we are all one raw and flowing energy. And in the moment, I feel free and in love.
aM all Banner 3. Work in progress. Six feet square. Acrylic on canvas.
Your Inner Garden is Glorius
Work in Progress. The aM all beings are energy portraits—living reflections of inner gardens. And like you, they are glorious. aM all Banner Number 3. Acrylic on canvas. Six feet square.
aM all Banner 2 Complete
Three months journey to create the second of the aM all banners. Dimensionality, movement, and energy seem to form and emanate from this aM all being.
aM all Banner 2. Acrylic on Canvas. Six feet square.
Detail.
Detail.
Detail.
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Evolution Painting Updates
Details from the eight-week painting. Currently, I’m exploring color, space, mark-making, and texture.
Iteration Nine detail. Color and space.
Iteration Nine detail. Mark-making variety.
Iteration Nine detail. Texture!
This eight-week painting may become a forever painting. : ) Watch this space for updates on progress, meanwhile… Have a marvelous now!
The Second aM all Banner
A work in progress, this aM all being is sturdy yet translucent.
aM all banner 2. Acrylic on canvas. Six feet square.
Detail.
Artist's Talk
This talk, given at Studio IX gallery, covers why I paint, my process, and my progress so far as an artist. It also reveals an unresolved insight about art and concept that I’m exploring.
Take a look: https://youtu.be/JwDcjDO-Ggw?si=epelYMwzz91xiU9I
