Arch, Patan, Nepal, 12" x 8"   2009

 

Granada Arch w/ Grafiti 8" x 12" 2010

Arrabal V   oil/canvas   14" x 8"   2009

Arrabal IV   oil/canvas   12" x 8"   2009
 

Arrabal II   oil/canvas   14" x 8"   2008
 

Mojácar Pueblo II   oil/canvas   8" x 14"   2008

 

 
Mojácar Pueblo, Spain   14" x 11"   2008

Kagbeni Chorten   12" x 8"   2009

Kagbeni Passageway   8" x 14"   2009

 
Tibetan Ladder   8" x 14"   2009

 

Morning Shadows, Mojácar, Spain   8" x 14"   2007

 

Passaggio, Montecastello di Vibio,  Italy   24" x 36"   2008

 

Porto Maggiore, Montecastello di Vibo, Italy   36" x 24"   2006

Apse of Chiesa, Monte Castello di Vibio, Italy   8" x 12"   2006

Viocolo della Torre, Monte Castello di Vibio, Italy   14" x 8"   2006

Via dell' Unita D'Italia, Monte Castello di Vibio    8" x 14"   2006
 

 
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.