dark star lobster
22" x 28" oil on aluminum
for Heather

 

thirteen lemon lobster
22" x 28" oil on aluminum
for Heather

 

painting the dark

Dark

how necessary, strong and beautiful.

I often fall in love with a painting at this stage,

in the dark,

when anything seems possible.

two raven moon
36" x 48" oil on aluminum
$2200.00
RiverSea Gallery
Astoria, Oregon


I'm happy and honored to be one of the featured artists at the RiverSea Gallery in Astoria. It is a beautiful Gallery, filled with artists I admire.. My work is being shown to coincide with the fisherman poet's convention being held this month in Astoria.

 

evergreen
16" x 20" oil on aluminum

$750.00

I've reworked this painting, which i was calling rainy day dream. I straightened up the arch, and ended up making some significant changes in color. I was trying to include many icons of our life here in the Willamette valley, and Portland in particular, the city of roses.

 

thirteen stars snapper 2
22" x 28" oil on aluminum
for Heather

here is my comanion snapper. I think they would look nice hung near one another.

 

thirteen stars snapper
22" x 28" oil on aluminum
for Heather

When I was at the fish market I found these amazing red snapper. Their faces are unbelieveable, otherworldly, but somehow weirdly human looking. They are so dramatic, I wanted to put them in a dramatic environment. I painted snapper companions.

 

golden trout moon
22" x 28" oil on aluminum
for Heather

I found these golden trout at the pike stree fish market in Seattle. they looked so remarkable I had to bring some home to paint, because I wasn't sure I would trust the photographs I took. They seemed almost albino, almost transparent. so delicate, I painted them all in high key, to accentuate their very fragile seeming beauty.

 

seven starfish halibut
22" x 28" oil on aluminum

for Heather

I enjoyed painting this halibut. The challenge was to accept that they are camouflaged in life, and to find a way to try to show the pebbly way they lay on the bottom.