Emergence

Using geological change as a metaphor for personal growth, this series includes 8 conceptual landscapes painted from photos I took in and around Big Bend National Park and Big Bend Ranch State Park, as well as smaller studies for each. To learn more about this series, check out this blog post.

Candor

In the summer of 2016 I was caught in an electrical storm while camping at Davis Mountains State Park and witnessed St. Elmo's Fire (and thankfully escaped in tact). It was a beautiful, multi-sensory experience and one I wanted to be able to revisit again and again. Each painting in this series acts as a time portal back to that space in my head, with the act of rhythmic painting + the sound of the perfectly timed song "Candor" by the local band Balmorhea triggering vivid sense memories. I captured the story in detail here.

Universe

My work "Universe" is comprised of 10 giclée prints of a night sky photo I took at Big Bend National Park that I painted on top of. Each panel tackles a concept in science that relates to the basic realities of our universe and is based on my research of current findings in astronomy and physics, each a piece of a larger puzzle yet to be solved. The originals all go together as one piece, but due to the popularity of these I am selling prints of each panel separately at a more affordable price. Each is signed and numbered in a limited edition of 10. You can learn more about the ideas and science behind "Universe" on my blog.

What Are You?

Inspired by a curious hummingbird that hovered in front of me just checking me out while I was sketching a canyon at Big Bend Ranch State Park, this painting asks the ultimate existential question. The concept of consciousness and the connectivity between living creatures, paring us down to our essential building blocks (a carbon atom in this case), is key, but it's as much about making deliberate choices about the kind of person we want to be in this world, and then being that person. I talk about it in more depth in this blog post. I will also have some of the smaller studies I did for this painting on view.

Black Ouroboros

This work was created as a response to my first time seeing the Trans-Pecos pipeline slicing through a landscape that is near and dear to my heart. The photo was taken between Marfa and Presidio with Chianti Peak in the distance. I painted on top of a giclée print on heavy stock paper, using the ouroboros here as a nod of respect to the water protectors at Standing Rock and the legend of the black snake wrapping across the land in advance of environmental devastation. I wrote about it on my blog in this post.

En Plein Air drawings

En Plein Air is a French term for drawing or paintings outdoors, as in parking yourself in nature with a sketchbook or an easel and capturing what you see. I find that it's a great way to be present in a place, creating much more detailed memories of a scene than had I taken a photo or even if I simply just sat and enjoyed the moment. I'll have a smattering of plain air sketches done from both Big Bend National Park and the state park.

Astrophotography Prints

I will have two of my astrophotography shots available on 24" x 18" metallic paper, which enhances the luminosity of these night sky photos. I can also be taking custom orders for different sizes of these as well as for more of my astrophotography shots. Shown here is the historic graveyard in the "ghost town" of Terlingua with the rising Milky Way and a very cooperative meteor as a backdrop.