Music and Art
As I'm sitting here thinking about what my next subject matter may be for some of my new paintings, I think about previous works I've done and the influence a certain song has had on the emergence of it's forms and the final completed work. The songs are ones that I selected, given a mood, a person, or whatever new song or artist might have been at the top of my playlist. To make this more interactive, I would be curious what songs you might suggest for background to a paitin


More Paintings Added to Gallery
Eleven more of my paintings have been added to the Gallery Section on the website. Take a look!


Watercolors of Kula, Turkey
Now posted in the Gallery section are some of my paintings in watercolor of buildings located in Kula, Turkey. These pieces were a warm up--a way to study the urban landscape--before design started on a residence in Kula.


Butterflies
A new year. I typically don’t do new years resolutions for various reasons. Mostly because I try to think about this idea of improvement, goals, transformations, etc. throughout the year. But in this last month and even starting several months earlier, I have to say, I’ve had some pretty enlightening transformations. I didn’t necessarily plan them, they just evolved organically. I say this phrase and I don’t usually use it (because I don’t really like it), but it’s the best w


Some Figures
Here is one of my watercolors. A little warm up for more figurative paintings coming soon.


Art exhibit at Stomping Ground
Check out the artwork that you see here in person! Fourteen of my pieces are currently on display at Stomping Grounds in Ames, IA. They will be up through February 19th.