Photos and observations from my first few days in Japan – walking the Tokyo neighborhoods of Asakusa, Ueno, Ginza, Jindaiji, Shibuya, and Shinjuku. I’ve always wanted to see and experience Japan, having also never traveled in Asia. As part of my two month sabbatical from my employer, I have carved out this three week sojourn, where I’ll be train traveling… Read More »Walking in Japan, Part One – Tokyo
In these amazing summer days in Seattle, I will occasionally pop down to Matthews Beach and jump in the lake. Particularly after a stressful day. It feels like a cleansing ritual to be carrying that stress, and allow it to just wash off once I jump in. Swimming is magical. I also wanted to see if my OM System TG-7… Read More »creative experiments – Allegory of a High Dive
Painting completed July 2025, oil, 14” x 18” I’ve been thinking about what they are supposed to ‘do’. What is their affect? Why am I making them? They aren’t meant to be important, or say anything profound. I’m feeling less “strivey.”I am playing with paint, mixing color, adding shape and responding visually to what’s happening. My recent artmaking the past… Read More »Inner Summits
oil on canvas, 36″ x 48″ This painting has been a journey. Three months and at least a dozen different versions, tried out, painted over, and tried again. This is as ‘done’ as I want to do. It’s a larger canvas than I’m accustomed to, I wanted to make a BIG landscape, focused on the sun setting behind me, casting… Read More »Twilight in the Grand Canyon, as an encounter more than a happening
I am recently back from two weeks in the UK. My wife Heather and I flew into London, took the train to Glasgow to meet up with two of my hiking brethren, and proceeded to walk the West Highland Way. We took six days to do the entire 96.5 mile route, from Milgavie to Fort William, through the Scottish Highlands.… Read More »UK 2025 – walking the West Highland Way
I’m leaving in a few days for an epic long walk – the West Highland Way in Scotland. Five days, 96 miles of pilgrimage walking, from Glasgow to Fort William. That promises to be a very special adventure. But this post is about a very ordinary adventure. So I picked up a new camera yesterday. Of all things, a compact… Read More »062025 – the ordinary is never ordinary.