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Painting: Contemplating Tahoma

Continuing on my journey of making paintings of my favorite places: finished this painting of Tahoma (Mt. Rainier), from a photo I took a few years ago. 24×36″ Bonus: one of my favorite poems by Denise Levertov Witness Sometimes the mountainis hidden from me in veilsof cloud, sometimesI am hidden from the mountain in veils of inattention, apathy, fatique,when I forget… Read More »Painting: Contemplating Tahoma

Painting: Gelkie Peak, Grand Canyon

Finally finished a painting! “Finished” being, “I’ve done a few dozen edits to this canvas, painted and scraped, painted and scraped, and have come to a point where I’m not unhappy with it.”  I’ve dreamed for a few years of doing some oil painting of the places I’ve backpacked. This scene is from the Grand Canyon, hiking west on the… Read More »Painting: Gelkie Peak, Grand Canyon

Drawing – Deep Swimmers

Excited to share my first art project from the new studio—a drawing for Spiritual Directors International: the cover for the March issue of Presence Journal! This graphite drawing, approximately 36″ W x 45″ H on paper features rough cuts, intentional crinkles, and creases along the edges. Collaborating with my boss, Rev. SeiFu, we often delve into metaphors when reflecting on… Read More »Drawing – Deep Swimmers

Art Wins

I lived 16 years in Greenwood on this stretch of 3rd Ave NW (ie. Interstate 3), and whenever I crossed this street, I dealt with dangerously speeding cars and drivers who don’t yield to pedestrians waiting to cross. I wrote the city at least once a year to ask them to study this street, install crosswalks, and make safety improvements.… Read More »Art Wins