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"the Quintet" each player has characteristics of my favorite jazzmusicians. My vice principal has this in her office.  

" Fall Over Latorail Bridge"18by 20 acrylic. Sold at the 2010 fall foliage art show. this was inspired from a bike ride in the gorge.

Ship rock, NM. I did this for my brother in law.

This is probably the largest piece I have done, Though I do not know the the exact size. It was featured at the Gresham city art Council show "all that jazz" about a year ago, and was sold at the  2010 Columbia river George center of commerce "fall foliage"  show. The piece is entitled Jazzbilia.

trumpet and fruit 8 by 10 acrylic on canvas board

This was my first cubist sketch, which inspired me to add sheet music to my paintings.

I did this on an old snowboard for my brother in law. I hope someday to  have a career  painting graphics for skis and snowboards.

My dad and I on Grassy  Knoll. 18 by 20 oil on canvas board sold at the 2011 reynolds high school art 

auction

My fist large scale cubist painting ( they continue to get better)this was sold at the 2009 Reynolds High School art auction.

Symphony Bowl, Whistler  8 by 11 watercolor  

2011 doodle for Google state finalist

 "Drums on a Drum" was done on a timpani head, it was supposedly sold at MHCC  culture sharpers awards but I still haven't got my money

This is in my living room, it is symbolic of my family

early artwork

Japanese garden 22 by 30 acrylic on paper. this was sold at a Reynolds high school art auction

Since this is my fist blog post I will start by showing my paintings in  chronological order from the time I painted them. Though I am not starting with my very first paintings I ever created I am starting with the ones I am most proud of. This particular one is entitled " St. Peters Dome " it is an 18 by 20 acrylic on canvas I painted four years ago and sold it this year. I have always been interested with this part of the Columbia Gorge, I love the gigantic basalt  pillars with trees growing out of them. They remind me of middle earth or the floating mountains of  Pangaea, it may sound nerdy, but the rocks have something fantastical about them. From a rock climbing point of view, St. Peters Dome has only been summit-ed twice, this is because the rock is so loose which makes it very dangerous. also note the presence of beacon rock, mt Hamilton, and mt Adams in the painting