"Roving Storm, Austin Creek" 10x30 inches. Oil on linen mounted to board. This was a painting based on a hike up Armstrong Redwoods all the way to the massive yet little-visited state park called Austin Creek State Recreation Area. I don't know if a lot of people realize it, but there is a vast network of foothills that dominate most of the landscape of northwest Sonoma County. This park lets you see miles and miles across the landscape of Northern California. Introducing "Soft Commissions" I...

I'm proud to share with all of you this wonderful collaboration that I became a part of! For years I've wondered if/when I would get to have my art on a beer can. I'm so glad to tell you that it's finally happened! Linda Rosso is someone I've known for years, and she has her hand in lots of local art happenings and is a bit of a liaison between different organizations in the Sonoma County art scene. I'm not actually sure how she became involved with the Sonoma County Parks Foundation, but I'm...

In addition to the spring show currently going on at Christopher Queen Gallery, the reception for the spring show at Toby's Gallery in Point Reyes Station. It was a bit of a time-crunch for me to get these done in time for the show, but I can't pass up an opportunity to paint spring wildflowers! Scenes of Marin in Springtime This was from an outing last year about a year ago at this point. We went to go look for the rare and elusive Oakland Mariposa lily. We found some of those, but so much...