Mixed Media Gallery

My mixed media work evolved as a way to process how I experience and see the world. I began to study the relationship between artificial and natural light as a way to process how the organic and man-made world interact with each other.

I explore the relationship between the artificial and the natural as it raises dynamic questions about human existence. We influence and change the world around us, while through this process we are also changed by the world. I am fascinated by the way this relationship expands our personal definitions of self and truth.

My mixed media work harnesses vivid colors to express specific emotions related to the interplay between reality and surreality. When artificial light exposes deep shadows on a city street, I see a way to access collective historical memory. We have never shed our ancestors' quest for eternal light in the midst of the dark. What does it say about us that we use light to chase darkness from our cities every night? What does it mean that even these lights cannot fully banish the deep shadows surrounding us?

This well balanced piece captures a torrential downpour after dark in downtown Seattle.

This oil pastel is a window view from a rowhouse in Helsinki.

Oil pastel was the perfect medium to catch the heavy fog hanging silent and heavy over Beacon Hill at 4am.

This oil pastel is a textural exploration of cracked wet pavement, glistening plastic dumpster lids, and dank brick buildings. The colors are rich and explosive, creating a sense of intimacy and presence.

This mixed media painting is an atmospheric rendering of the artist's first residence in Seattle, capturing the eerie state of dissociation where one is present but also vacant.

This glowing oil pastel gives a glimpse of downtown Seattle as the sun rises in a late fall downpour.

This piece is an intimate portrait of a slick city street right at dawn.

Catching the light rail in Seattle is a wet job some nights.

This oil pastel is a portrait of a divided home. The man drinks quietly in the cold light of the garage while the rest of the family ignores his drinking.

This oil pastel reflects on status symbols that we give up on.

This oil pastel is a color study of a magnificent tree holding court above too small a plot of parkland.

This piece is a somnolent reflection on the concept of privacy and safety after dark

This oil pastel is inspired by a walk taken by the artist in deep fog.

This oil pastel captures an intimate portrait of an old woman with dementia and the cat that loves her.

Light refracted through leafy branches is a marvelous sight.

This oil pastel reflects on the overcrowded night life of a southeast Asian city street.

This evocative oil pastel explores the amber sidewalk glow on Capitol Hill.

This piece explores the interplay of natural and artificial light at the beginning of blue hour.

This oil pastel piece reflects the quiet phinney ridge neighborhood of Seattle in the impending dusk.

Capturing this view from an apartment rooftop was a defining experience when the artist fell in love with the Seattle urban landscape.

This oil painting captures the glistening and glowing blue hour during a torrential downpour in downtown Seattle.

Dawn creeps up on downtown Seattle's famous Five Point Cafe.