oil on canvas
24” x 24”
April 2024
Returning back to the one place I ever called home after twenty + years, The Bay Area, I dove full body/mind/& soul into the harmonious balance between a majestic landscape and alluring city. It was a long journey getting back here with my two young children, and the gratitude I have for this place is endless. I know the challenges of "staying" in a place like the San Francisco Bay Area, and we are faced with the daily challenges and hard work ethic to do so. This painting is a mixture of those emotions; the serenity from the surrounding enticing vibrant energy of "Emerald City" and its exotic landscapes combined with the cyclical patterns of life's vicissitudes. This painting was birthed out of my need to adapt to the Spring palette. Coming out of winter hibernation to the ambrosia of Spring available to all our senses is exhilarating. The color alchemy in this painting expresses exactly that;)
oil on canvas
24" x 24"
in progress
oil on canvas & digital rendering
24" x 24"
2024
oil on canvas
24" x 30"
2024
oil on canvas
24" x 30"
2024
Oil on canvas
20” x 24”
Framed: White wood floater frame
May 2018
oil on canvas
9” x 12”
May 2023
Inspired by the intriguing Bay Area landscapes and dynamic city of San Francisco, "Emerald City" evokes wonder, excitement, and vibrant energy. Verdant accents blend with vivid bursts that reflect the setting sun's brilliant hues and exotic rhythm.
oil on canvas
20” x 24”
2022
oil on canvas
24” x 24”
2023
oil on canvas
24” x 24”
2023
Oil on canvas, 59” x 79”
August 2021
Inspired by the shifting of tide pools and gravitational pull of the moon and sun, resulting in the ebb and flow of ocean waters. The natural rhythm has been going long before anything else arrived.
Oil on canvas
36” x 48”
2022
This painting was inspired by visiting Pismo Beach and its caves that are only exposed at low tide. I visited this location the day after the recent Tonga Tsunami, and there were frequent surges of the tide coming in and swiftly moving back out. During this time the caves were exposed and not covered with the ocean; allowing exploration in side. The phosphorescence of the colors inside was mind-blowing and inspired the palette of this painting in conjunction with Spring arriving.
Oil on canvas
12” x 15” x 1.5” each
Black floater frame
2023
Oil on canvas with black floater frame
18” x 22” x 1.5”
April 2023
The artist continues to explore abstractscapes in a multitude of colors; inspired by the California Springtime and "Superblooms" that occur throughout the landscape of this beautiful state after such an astounding amount of rainfall this last season. The artist is an alchemist of color and expressively fuses the vibrancy of many colors to ignite an emotional response to the artwork.
oil on canvas
36” x 36”
August 2020
oil on canvas
2019
48” x 60”
Abstract Expressionism
Every five years California has been facing excessive heat waves; each time record breaking. What was once decades occurs in half that time if not more. This artwork was painted during an excessive heat wave, and for the first time I experienced creating in the cool air conditioning of my 18' high cathedral ceiling art studio at the top of the Golden Quadrangle in Montecito, CA. The juxtaposition of interior and exterior contrasts while painting Heatwave Blues dramatically shifted between the acceleration of an intensely wild frenzy to the calming embrace, refreshing stillness, and ethereal calm enveloped by cooling air. This oil painting palette consists of several blues to achieve the color alchemy. It has exhibited in Berkeley at Baker & Commons on College Ave.
Oil on canvas panel
Black floater frame
March 2023
Inspired by the movement and sensations felt while crossing the Bay over all bridges.
oil on canvas
60" x 72"
2024
Inspired by the ever-changing skies, waters, and landscapes of the San Francisco Bay Area. The title derives from the language of the Ohlone tribes of the SF Bay Area's greater regions. Fire Sky Bay conveys the shifting of tides, skies, and lands with its dynamic movements, adaptations, emotions, and destinations. There are symbolic and psychological innuendos throughout the composition; while the allure of the city gracefully reveals itself behind the theatrical showdown of all the elements. Certain characters of the Ohlone dialect do not exist on a keyboard, however the sounds of the words naturally roll off the tongue;)
Oil on canvas
36” x 48”
2023
oil on canvas
24” x 36”
2024
In this nocturnal tapestry, the world feels both alive and introspective; where shadows mingle with light, voices carry gentle murmurs, and characters passing through add to the vibrant portrait of urban life after dark; a reminder that in the stillness of night, connections are made, stories unfold, and we are enchanted.
oil on canvas
48” x 48”
2022
Inspired by the serenity of the Autumn palette and shifting of seasons surrounded by the California landscape. Approached with a mindfulness in minimalism and a release of expressionism through abstraction. The palette of oranges was created through color alchemy of several pigments. Feelings from viewers have ranged from states of pure relaxation and surrender to curiosity and exploration of the unknown. This painting will bring warmth to any room and shifts throughout the lighting of the day to evening.
oil on canvas
24” x 36” x 1.5”
2023
Inspired by the essence of gathering at Dolores Park
oil on canvas
36" x 48"
2016
painted the day after the 2016 election results
SOLD
Oil on canvas
36” x 60”
November 2018
When the world seems to pause; caught in the delicate balance between light and darkness, we are embraced and invited to sense a time of transition and reflection.
oil on canvas
24” x 24”
2022
Inspired by an epic NIN concert at the Greek in Berkeley and falling deeply in head and love with Trent Reznor.
oil on canvas
39” x 47”
2022
This painting has gone through multiple stages but was originally created just before the tragic Thomas Fire in Southern California. Since then, the palette has shifted dramatically from the ashy/muddy monotones to fiery bursts complemented by smooth soCal skies. Our beautiful state of California continues to burn year round, and it has deeply influenced my work in juxtaposition with reality.
Oil on canvas
24” x 30”
2022
This painting has been created over the span of 3 years. It contains a multitude of oil paint layers; inclusive of “leftovers”; a dried composition of my oil paint scraps placed centrally in the picture plane. Paint has also been distributed through methods of spraying, pouring, palette knife spreading, and natural blending.
48” x 60”
oil and spray paint on canvas
2020 ( in progress )
13” x 17” ( black frame )
oil on wood
2022
oil on canvas
36” x 48”
August 2020
oil on canvas
30” x 48”
August 2020
Oil on wood panel
20” x 30”
2019
oil on canvas
36" x 48"
2015
Blue Period Series
SOLD
30" x 40"
Oil on canvas
December 2016
Oil paint on canvas with black floater frame
16” x 20”
2018
Oil on canvas
36" x 48"
March 2017
Inspired by the final moments of blue hues left by the dusk
oil on canvas
30” x 40”
2021
Inspired by the luscious channel island views at the top of Montrose Ave in Santa Barbara’s Mission Canyon district with a twist of inspiration of the original series “The Queen’s Gambit”
oil on canvas
30” x 40”
2021
This painting portrays the last memory I have of the light reflecting on my Park Lane property and artist studio. It dances, and the eyes can catch a glimpse of this while being enveloped in the warmth of a Southern California palette. Finding that palette became the crême de le crême while defying the obvious blue sky color and exploring violets and periwinkles in juxtaposition with electric orange and strokes of King's and Cobalt Blues. I would watch the lights and shadows gracefully move over the modern architecture. In between there would be momentary bursts of color; coming and going. When I paint abstractscapes, I purposefully expose areas of the canvas in their most raw form and build from there. This painting was a geometric study of a modern dwelling in Montecito and the abstraction of light upon form.
oil on canvas
36” x 48”
2018
Oil on canvas
24” ( w ) x 30” x (h ) x 1/3” ( d )
2021
Oil on wood panel
18” ( w ) x 24” (h ) x 1” ( d)
2021
oil on canvas
24” x 24”
2018
Oil on primed un-stretched canvas
48" x 144"
November 2017
Just before the Thomas wild fire and catastrophic Montecito Mudslides, I had simplified my palette down to the minimalist choice of Black. It was an absolute and radical expressionistic choice that felt liberating to explore. This work was influenced by my daily Hwy 101 journey to and from my home/studio in Montecito, CA. I unrolled raw canvas upon the cement floor of the artist studio and danced around with brush and oil paint. It was hung on the wall after and worked again in the gestural and wet alla prima technique. It remained there throughout both evacuations and disasters; accumulating a symbolic narrative of the natural landscape's metamorphosis.
Oil on canvas
48" x 48"
November 2017
Influenced by the "Upside Down" concept introduced on NetFlix's Stranger Things
In early 2017, I instinctively switched to a palette of just black and continued exploring “reductive” painting. Paint was layered through spraying, pouring, and observing the natural dripping and blending. Oil paint was then removed through swift movements of rags upon the surface. This method of painting exposed the gradients and opacity of black as a single tone. The white is the remaining exposed and vulnerable canvas. Black paint was then applied in single strokes with large palette knives. This series of paintings in black derived from a premonition of something major about to shift in the landscape around. Exactly one month later, the Thomas Fire broke out and eventually displaced my family from our home and this art studio. Following that catastrophe came the biblical Mudslides; leaving Montecito’s landscape and community seeming very much like these abstract compositions.
Oil on primed un-stretched canvas
5' x 7'
December 2017
Just before the Thomas wild fire and catastrophic Montecito Mudslides, I had simplified my palette down to the minimalist choice of Black. It was an absolute and radical expressionistic choice that felt liberating to explore. This work was influenced by the Montecito, CA landscape. I unrolled raw canvas upon the cement floor of the artist studio and danced around with brush and oil paint. It was hung on the wall after and worked again in the gestural and wet alla prima technique. It remained there throughout both evacuations and disasters; accumulating a symbolic narrative of the natural landscape's metamorphosis.
Oil on canvas
36” x 48” ( each panel )
January 2019
Oil on wood panel
24" x 24"
March 2017
Oil on canvas
11”x 14”
May 2018
SOLD
Oil on canvas
20" x 30"
May 2017
"Abstract 8" Group Exhibit SBTC, Santa Barbara, CA 2018
Oil on canvas
30" x 30"
April 2018
Oil on Canvas
36" x 36"
January 2018
Oil on canvas
24" x 24"
March 2018
Oil on canvas
36” x 48” each
Polyptych: 4 panels
2020
oil on canvas
42" x 60"
2019
SOLD
Oil on canvas
60” x 60”
May 2019
Oil on canvas
Diptych 40" x 60" each
June 2017
Oil on wood panel
18" x 24"
June-October 2017
oil on canvas
48" x 60"
January 2018
This piece is particularly more powerful in person because of the effect when walking around it. The blue line ( for me this represents hope ) literally pops from the surface making the black protrude into a black void of space. Ironically, this became an actual vision in the sky just after the Montecito Mudslides of 1.9.18, in which the Montecito Inn, an epicenter of the disaster zone in Lower Village, installed a spotlight into the sky from the back of the hotel that could be seen from the entirety of Montecito. I felt so alone at the top of our hill during these times and could see this tiny ray of hope in the sky. It was blue like my painting.
Oil on canvas
24" x 24"
November 2015
"Abstract 8" Group Exhibit SBTC, Santa Barbara, CA 2018
Oil on canvas
40" x 60"
In progress
Oil on wood panel
24" x 30"
December 2015
"Seasoning" series
