Here I pushed the sky into an alternate reality striving to capture the mode of a day in its first transition towards evening. Oil on gallery wrapped linen.

With this painting I seek to capture one of those transcendent moments we experience in nature—fleeting instances of wonder that often prove elusive to photograph or to even recall in their full emotional impact. This is part of a series I call 'moodscapes': semi-abstract landscapes born from imagination and accumulated experience rather than direct observation.

My work stems from a simple truth: sometimes nature shows us something that takes us completely out of our ordinary world. Using broken, semi-abstracted brushwork and vivid colors, I work to recreate not just how these moments look, but how they feel—the way they lift our spirits and remind us that we're part of something bigger.

My process is largely intuitive, drawing from countless hours painting both the dramatic and subtle aspects of the natural world. I strive to create paintings that might spark viewers' own memories of meaningful encounters with nature. The larger scale of these canvases helps create an engaging experience, while the broken brushwork and semi-abstraction help to capture nature's energy and movement.

These 'moodcapes' are meant to bring some of nature’s vitality into our homes and daily lives. In a world where we spend so much time looking at screens, these paintings offer a different kind of window—one that might remind us of those moments when nature shows us its power to refresh our perspective and lift our spirits.

Oil on linen board - available unframed.

Oil on linen board - available unframed.

Painted plein air at the Redwood City Harbor.  Oil on linen mounted on board.  Unframed.

Painted on linen mounted on board. Part of a recent series exploring harbors and sailboats.

I painting this on a group outing with the California Art Club.  There are times that I need to push through inertia even when I'm not feeling inspired to get started on a painting, and was one of those times.  The great thing about painting with friends is that it pushes me to paint subjects that I might no pick on my own - and I was happy with the result. 

Oil on linen

I painted this along 17-mile drive in Carmel on a day when the fog was undulating in and out right along the coast.  Oil on linen.

Painted on location in the eastern sierra mountains.  Oil on linen panel.

I painted on the Monterey Fisherman's Wharf. Oil on linen panel.  This is being made available unframed.

This piece is part of an emerging series exploring the intersection of landscape art and abstraction, with a colorist bent. It is linen stretched on 1.5inch deep stretchers. I can be hung unframed (edges are painted), or it looks great in a minimalist floater frame.  It is priced as unframed.