Along the Willamette
Along The Willamette In the summer of 2026, I set out on a project to paint an extended series of […]
“Only you know what you want to say”
I recently attended the “juror’s critique” with watercolor artist Stan Kurth, as part of the Watercolor Society of Oregon Spring
The Oldest Tree in Salem, Oregon
On April 1st, 2026, the oldest tree in Salem, Oregon, was going to be cut down. A 380 year old
Western Pearlshell Freshwater Mussels
I spent much of the spring and summer of 2020 during the pandemic at home with my son, who was
Making a Painting Habit
I am a part time painter. I work for most of the year and am off from mid June until
Painting at Winchester dam
Recently I participated in the Umpqua Plein Air, a week of outdoor landscape painting in the Umpqua River valley, with
Canyon Creek Meadow Painting Trip
In July this last summer, I hiked to Canyon Creek Meadow, the flat area right below Three Fingered Jack on