Mojácar Pueblo, Spain   8" x 14"
 
 

Morning Shadows, Mojácar, Spain   8" x 14"

Cuatro Anfora   8" x 14"

 

Mojácar Playa, Spain  12" x 10"

 

Arrabal, Mojácar, Spain   14" x 11"

11th C. Bridge nr. Lucca, Italy   24" x 48"

Pont Vieux, Albi, France   20" x 36"

Porto Maggiore, Montecastello di Vibo, Italy  36" x 24"

Apse of Chiesa, Monte Castello di Vibio, Italy   8" x 12"

Viocolo della Torre, Monte Castello di Vibio, Italy  14" x 8"

Via dell' Unita D'Italia, Monte Castello di Vibio   8" x 14"

13th Century Bridge Near Najac, France   20" x 36"

Spoletto Bridge, Italy   8" x 14"

The Petaluma Bridge   24" x 48"

Petaluma Granary   24" x 48"

Petaluma Warehouse   24" x 42"

Sunset Line And Twine   24" x 48"

View From Open Hand Yoga Studio   20" x 32"   Old Hessel Store   24" x 42 "   Auvillar: 9 pm   8" x 14"       Auvillar: Le Port   18" x 32"   Analy High School   20" x 34"   Oaxaca Wall I    20" x 42"

 
In my painting I seek to capture the precious, transitory nature of our existence. The fleeting moment when light and shadow create shapes on an ordinary building, revealing an unexpected beauty and grace; before that moment passes and beloved landmarks are replaced, our children grow up, we age and pass away. I look for something distilled in that moment; a particular state of awareness, a fresh appreciation of our world and what it means to be alive.

I have lived in the same semi-rural town in northern California for many years, enriched by occasional residences abroad. Both at home and in my travels, I find that careful observation of the ordinary architecture and landscape around me discloses the extraordinary. And the universal is found in the particular. Light and shadows expose and obscure; bridges connect opposite sides: sky and water, natural and manmade; and, when the air is still, mirror dark reflections of themselves.