Every spring the Wooden Shoe Farm in Woodburn, Oregon opens its fields - 40 acres of tulips in every color, Mount Hood visible on clear days. Painted plein air at the festival, the light changing as the morning burned off the haze. Oil on canvas.

Plein air in progress

Archival reprint, 11"x14"

Wooden Shoe Tulip Festival

Winner - 2024 Leimert Park Jazz Festival Art Competition

Leimert Park in Los Angeles has been the heartbeat of Black arts and culture on the West Coast for decades. This painting captures the energy of an evening in the park - the way live jazz moves through a crowd, the rhythm of the street. Winner of the 2024 Leimert Park Jazz Festival Art Competition.

Rhythms of Leimert Park

South Falls at Silver Falls State Park - Oregon's most visited state park - painted plein air on a quiet morning before the crowds arrived. The falls drop 177 feet behind a basalt ledge wide enough to walk under. Oil on panel.

South Falls, Silverton, Oregon

Cascading wisteria in full bloom - the drooping racemes painted with the same layered translucency the flower itself seems to have. The original is in a private collection.

Wisteria

Painting study of the original The Two Fridas

Oil Paintings