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“Good artists borrow and great artists steal”- Picasso. With bright light and California color I use 'heavy brush' sensuality to steal Wayne Thiebaud (he taught me how to oil paint). Now, when I paint I feel like an alchemist searching for an unreachable prize- a paradise that I ache and pine for. But of course, there is no paradise. Facing that truth is where the focus of much of my work comes through, with pictures that are physical, modern, earnest, and unsentimental. I experiment with materials restlessly- recklessly? I stole Anselm Kiefer. The most astoundingly deep and existential thrill for me comes when I am finished painting and find that my art is not mine; it just grew on the wall.

HARBIN VIEW ON RED, 2024, Oil/ paper, 30x22 in | 76x56 cm

SAGE CANYON ON ORANGE, 2024, Oil on paper, 22x30 in | 56x66 cm

BLUE OAKS, 2023, Oil, emulsion, aluminum enamel, and charcoal on canvas, 38x50 in | 97x127 cm

SANTA YNEZ VALLEY, 2024, Oil on canvas, 20x24 in | 51x60 cm

BLUE OAKS, 2023, Oil, emulsion, aluminum enamel, and charcoal on canvas, 38x50 in | 97x127 cm

CALIFORNIA, 2022, Oil on canvas, 60x72 in | 152x183 cm

SAGE CANYON, 2021, Oil/ canvas, 48x60 in | 122x152 cm

DIABLO RANGE, 2023, Oil on canvas, 48x60 in | 122x152 cm

LUCAS VALLEY, 2023, Oil on canvas, 48x60 in |122x152 cm

CHILES VALLEY, 2023, Oil on canvas, 48x60 in | 122x152 cm

OAKSCAPE, 2023, Oil on canvas, 47x59 in | 119x150 cm

SNAPSHOT #804, 2023, Oil on paper, 11x14 in | 28x36 cm

LUCAS VALLEY VIEW REVERSE, 2024, Oil on paper, 22x30 in | 56x66 cm

OAKSCAPE, 2024, Oil on paper, 30x22 in | 76x56 cm

SNAPSHOT #561, 2023, Oil on paper, 11x14 | 28x36 cm

HARBIN VIEW ON RABBIT SKIN GLUE, 2023, Oil on paper, 30x22 in | 76x56 cm

MT. SAINT HELENA, 2023, Oil on canvas, 48x60 in | 122x152 cm

PANDEMIC, Oil, toy jet/ canvas, 20x24 in | 51x61 cm

CHAPARRAL #1, Oil/ canvas, 24X30 in | 61x76 cm

CHAPARRAL #2, Oil/ canvas, 20X24 in | 51x61 cm