On the slopes of Mount Hood in the fall a surprising number of plants are in full bloom. Long, slanting shadows and sunny patches on the hillside dazzle, before another month goes by and it’s all under snow.
16″ x 20″ Acrylic on canvas
A pair of Northern Flickers nest in the neighborhood. This old power pole is so decrepit that the birds regularly find a meal of bugs living in it, create more holes and hasten its decay.
8″ x 10″ Acrylic on panel
SOLD
On an urban Irish coastline, there rests a boat that won’t ever float again. I loved its deep blue presence, as if it earnestly hoped to be whole again, to go to sea.
16″ x 20″ acrylic on canvas panel
In a pasture under a hill in County Wexford, Ireland, an old mare remembers how to play in the grass.
12″ x 16″ acrylic on canvas panel
We walk through Terrace Creek Park often. One day every fall, after a heavy rain, Lyon Creek reappears through these culverts under the suburban landscape.
11″ x 14″ acrylic on artbord
In the early summer on Whidbey Island, newly-fledged crow chicks learn to forage in the tidepools. Well, mostly they pester their parents for handouts.
12″ x 16″ acrylic on canvas panel
In the center of Monument Valley, a lone filly loiters near a corral. It’s not clear if she belongs there.
18″ x 24″ acrylic on canvas
RESERVED FOR GALLERY SHOW
Near the Pendleton, Oregon Denny’s Restaurant, just off I-84, an overgrown patch of ground that has collected some trash and an abandoned grocery cart. Unexpectedly beautiful spot.
16″ x 12″ acrylic on canvas
Newbluemoon Arts 