Oil and acrylic on canvas
2018
16” x 20”
I’m captivated by fleeting conditions of weather and light. As an Oregon-raised longtime Portlander, I find the pervasively rainy climate here beautiful and inspiring. The vibrant colors of trees, moss and bohemian houses pop against the greys of drizzle and fog, and the moisture keeps this valley magically fertile and alive. A lot of people complain about the weather here, but I want to celebrate it. I think we need as many words for rain as some cultures are said to have for snow, and I want these paintings to speak those words.
Image description: A painting in mostly greys and browns, with detailed raindrops in the foreground as if the viewer is looking through a window, and a bus on a city street in the background, as well as a traffic light lit green. The composition is blurry beyond the realistic raindrops.
Acrylic on canvas
2018
30” x 24”
Image description: A painting of a mossy tree trunk, which is rendered realistically, surrounded by abstract grey and blue stripes and drips, which give the appearance of rain and reflections.
Oil, acrylic and graphite on canvas
2022
11” x 14”
Image description: Painting of the eastern foot of Portland’s Burnside Bridge, as viewed looking north,in heavy rain that is represented by angled dripping and splashing brushstrokes. In the distance one of the green towers of the Convention Center can be seen; in foreground a car is driving by.
Oil, acrylic and graphite on canvas
2022
14” x 11”
Image description: Painting of a cloudy golden-hour sky with Mt. Tabor on the horizon and a potholed, gravely street in the foreground. The sky is a vibrant gradient of bright gold-yellow at left to cool grey at right. The golden sunlight reflects dramatically on puddles in the street.
Oil and acrylic on canvas
2023
24” x 18”
Image description: Painting of a downtown city street and skyline at night, as seen from above through a rainy window. At center are the abstract shapes of cars and headlights, and above are lights from buildings. The entire composition is filled with realistically-rendered raindrops.
Oil, acrylic and rainwater on canvas
2019
20” x 20”
Image description: A painting that juxtaposes realistic raindrops in the foreground, as though the viewer is looking through a window, with a blurry, abstract sunset and dark bridge railing in the background.
Oil and acrylic on canvas
2021
14” x 18”
Image description: Painting of a neighborhood street as seen through a window covered in raindrops. The street scene is blurry—houses, parked cars, grass, sidewalk, and partly cloudy sky can be made out—and the raindrops are sharply realistic in the foreground.
Oil and acrylic on wood panel
18” x 11¾”
2024
Image description: Painting of a snowy winter view, seen in blurry focus through a window covered in fog and raindrops. Vague shapes of trees, a planter box, and a house across the street can be seen through the window.
Oil and acrylic on canvas
2021
20” x 16”
Image description: Painting of a yellow building on a city street, with steps leading up to an arched red entrance area, and small round windows with red bars. Trees and shrubs are scattered in front of the building, and a red SUV is parked on the street at right. The sky is a gradient from dark to light grey, and the flowering branches of a cherry blossom tree are seen in the upper half of the painting. The street is wet with rain and vividly reflects the scene.
Oil, acrylic and graphite on canvas
2021
14” x 11”
Image description: Painting of a wet city sidewalk in close-up, with a scattering of faint brown imprints left by fall leaves. At top is the street and a crosswalk. The upper left is dominated by the lower portion of a dark green decorative lamp post with an octagonal base, and its reflection on the wet sidewalk.
Oil on canvas
2021
20” x 16”
Image description: Painting of a city street in the rain, with a muted grey-blue cast. At left is a brown and beige two-story building with a red sign reading “Best Value Inns,” topped with two striped minaret-like decorations. At right is a busy multi-lane street with cars driving by, headlights reflecting on the wet pavement. Several telephone lines stretch overhead, a figure with an umbrella walks on the sidewalk at center, and two signs mark a narrow cross street “DEAD END.”
Oil on canvas
2021
12” x 9”
Image description: Painting of a city sidewalk in heavy rain. At right is a small tree with bare branches. A line of red triangular flags is tied to one branch, trailing out over the sidewalk to the left side of the painting. A colorful oil slick is seen on the sidewalk in the foreground.
Oil, acrylic, graphite and rainwater on linen
2018
14” x 11”
Image description: A painting of a blue Victorian house on a sloped street, with rain streaming down in thick abstract lines and running down the street surface. The sky is a gradient from grey at top, to pink and then yellow, with an orange setting sun. An SUV is parked in front of the house, and on the horizon a body of water and bridge are visible.
Oil and acrylic on panel
2022
10” x 16”
Image description: Painting of a neighborhood gravel road. The foreground is dominated by a large puddle, which reflects the trees and fence in the background. The sky is overcast, reflected light grey on the puddle against the muddy brown of the water where shadows fall.
Oil and acrylic on canvas
2022
14” x 18”
Image description: Painting of an urban street scene lit with golden hour sunlight in front of a deep blue-grey sky, as seen through a raindrop-covered window. Two brick buildings sit side-by-side, with cars on the street at the lower edge of the composition and an evergreen tree at upper right.
Oil, acrylic, graphite and rainwater on canvas
2019
24” x 36”
Image description: Painting of an orange and blue streetcar, at left, on a track that crosses a perpendicular track. The streetcar is painted realistically, and the rest of the composition is abstract. The tracks are simple lines, and the full composition is covered in dripping grey tones, with the colors of the streetcar reflected as in wet pavement. Two loosely rendered figures in grey are walking, one with an umbrella.
Oil and acrylic on canvas
2019
30” x 10”
Image description: Tall, narrow painting of West Burnside Street in Portland, looking west, with the West Hills in the distance. A blue neon sign reading “VOLVO” is seen on one of the buildings at left. The scene is rainy, evidenced by multicolored angled lines throughout, and car headlights reflected on the street.
Oil and acrylic on canvas
2021
24” x 8”
Image description: Tall, narrow painting of a tree trunk seen close up, against a blue-grey background suggesting rain. At upper left is a cascade of dangling leaves. The trunk is covered in burls, moss, and small shoots sprouting fresh green leaves.
Oil and acrylic on canvas
2018
8” x 8”
Image description: Painting of a thin, mossy tree trunk in close-up. There is a jagged area where one branch has broken off, and two branches reaching upward out of frame. In the background, a building can be seen through a greyish haze of loose brush strokes.
Oil and acrylic on canvas panel
2022
11” x 14”
Image description: Painting of a squat brick building, with a low concrete railing extending to the right. A twisting tree stands in front of the building at left. The roof and the top of the railing are covered with bright green moss, contrasting sharply with the grey background and muted colors of the structures.
Oil and acrylic on canvas panel
2021
12” x 9”
Image description: Painting of a large puddle on a city street. To the right of the puddle is the curb and sidewalk. In the puddle is a dark reflection of evergreen trees above, and subtle off-white ribbons of oil on the water. In the background are loosely rendered foliage and a parked car.
Oil and acrylic on canvas
2019
30” x 24”
Image description: Painting of a rainy cityscape at night, with a slightly abstracted aesthetic. Tall buildings are seen in the background, one with a row of red and green lights near the top and one with a row of blue lights near the top. The sky is a deep turquoise. In the foreground are a bright yellow streetlight and a traffic light lit green. Both are reflected in the street, and the whole scene is populated with drips and stripes representing pouring rain.
Oil, acrylic and graphite on canvas
2021
20” x 16”
Image description: Painting of railroad tracks between warehouse buildings in inner southeast Portland, under a dramatic overcast sky. The pavement is wet; the tracks pass through an intersection in the foreground, where light-grey concrete wet with rain reflects the red, grey and beige of the buildings. At right is a railroad crossing signal, its arm in the raised position.
Oil and acrylic on canvas
2022
20” x 16”
Image description: Painting of a train station as seen through the rainy window of a train. In the hazy background are the red station building, a platform with roof, and tracks in the foreground. The scene is overlaid with realistic raindrops.
Oil and acrylic on canvas panel
2022
10” x 8”
Image description: Painting of Japanese Maple leaves in close-up, hanging from branches that descend from upper left to middle right. The leaves are covered with a scattering of raindrops. The background is an abstract field of dripping grey brushstrokes.
Oil on canvas
2017
8" x 8"
Image description: Painting featuring dark red leaves with raindrops on them in the foreground, as though hanging from branches that are just out of frame above the viewer. The background is a loosely rendered, foggy neighborhood street, with grass and bushes visible on a circular island.
Oil and acrylic on canvas
2022
14”x 18”
Image description: Painting of a lake shore as viewed through a window covered in raindrops. There is an old wooden dock and a canoe, which is partly waterlogged. The distant opposite shore is forested, and the sky is an overcast grey.
Oil and acrylic on canvas panel
2023
9” x 12”
Image description: Painting of the view through a car windshield, wet with raindrops, the lanes of a freeway stretching ahead to the horizon on a partly cloudy day. Bright sunshine illuminates foliage, and a partial rainbow is seen at right.
Oil, acrylic and graphite on canvas panel
2023
12” x 9”
Image description: Painting of a neighborhood street in the rain, with an evergreen tree at center left, sagging from the wet. The sky is light grey with drips streaking down, and the scene is reflected gently on the wet street.
Gouache, colored pencil, graphite and digital photo on watercolor paper
2018
14" x 18"
Image description: Painting of three Victorian houses side-by-side, seen with bulging wide-angle distortion, on a cloudy day. From left to right, the houses are olive green, teal green, and tan. Parked cars line the street in front of the houses, facing right. The sky and background are rendered with loose, abstract, dripping greys and blues.
Gouache, colored pencil and digital photo on watercolor paper
2018
16” x 12”
Image description: Painting of a dark neighborhood street, awash in loosely rendered rain and reflections from streetlights. Two bare trees flank the scene at far right and far left. A figure walks a dog in silhouette at center.
Gouache, colored pencil, graphite and digital photo on watercolor paper
2018
19” x 15”
Image description: Painting of the St. Johns Bridge at dusk, enveloped in loosely rendered rain in blue-grey, dripping brushstrokes. The hills in the background are dark and shrouded in mist. There are cars driving on the bridge in the distance, their lights dramatically reflected on the wet pavement.
Gouache, colored pencil and digital photo on watercolor paper
2018
16” x 12”
Image description: Painting of a MAX light rail car, which appears at left, on a gently sloping city street. There is a three-story parking garage building, and a person walking with an umbrella. The streaking brushstrokes and blue-orange color scheme suggest a sunshower.
Acrylic and graphite on canvas
2023
24” x 18”
Image description: Painting of a city street in golden-hour light, under a dark grey sky. A tall green building and shorter yellow building are partly lit with bright sunlight and partly in shadow. A multicolored van reading “SIGN SUPPLY” is parked below a neon sign reading “PAINTS.”
Oil, acrylic and carbon on canvas panel
2017
8" x 10"
Image description: Painting of a neighborhood street, featuring three colorful houses and a red-and-white parked vehicle. The street is on a slight incline. The houses are, from left to right, blue, yellow with green trim, and pink with blue trim. The surrounding terrain and background are green, with a white sky and a large blue and white brush stroke streaking across the top.
Oil and acrylic on canvas panel
2017
8" x 10"
Image description: Painting of a slightly abstracted cityscape, with a sign reading “MOTEL” and traffic lights lit red. Dark silhouettes of trees make up the horizon, and the sky is composed of vivid purple and blue with drips and loosely rendered clouds. The street reflects the sky and traffic lights.
Oil on canvas
2017
12” x 9”
Image description: Painting of a city sidewalk at night, rendered in a loose post-impressionist style. At left are storefronts lit in various colors, which reflect on the wet sidewalk. At right is a tree. In the distance, on the sidewalk, is a walking figure with an umbrella. The color palette is predominantly purple and green.
Oil, acrylic and rainwater on canvas
72” x 72”
2019
Image description: A painting in four contiguous square canvases, fitted together to make a square whole. The composition shows lower Hawthorne Blvd in Portland in a sunshower, with golden sunlight falling on buildings and trees against a dark cloudy sky and wet pavement that reflects the lights from cars.
Image description: One of the four canvases that make up the whole painting. This is the lower right panel, focusing on the street, cars and trees, with golden sunlight against a dark cloudy sky and wet pavement that reflects the lights from cars.