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absurd bird. regurgitated death rattle
acrylic, pencil, oil pastel & paper on wood
24"x23.5"
2024
growth & ghost of fire
acrylic, pencil, oil pastel & paper on wood
70.5"x24.25"
2024
strange slugs. so many distractions
acrylic, pencil & oil pastel on wood
24"x24"
2024
standing still. still standing. yesterday, a thunderstorm.
acrylic, pencil, oil pastel & paper on wood
24.25"x36"
2024
i will sit and stare at the sun, melt my eyes so i wont see anyone. i dont think i belong in this place. dreams of the future, the roots grow through my face
acrylic, pencil & paper on wood
14.5"x14.5"x3.5"
2024
deformorant
acrylic, pencil, oil pastel & paper on wood
approx 46.25"x59"
2024
almost snail
acrylic, pencil, oil pastel & paper on wood
15"x13.5"
2024
nihilism grows from the same roots as progress
acrylic, pencil & paper on wood
21.25"x13.25"
2024
harmonic reflection
acrylic, pencil & paper on wood
24"x48"
2024
to float slow | wrong beak | moving forward, looking back
acrylic, pencil & paper on wood
24.25"x24.25"
2024
my dead dog probably looks like this now
acrylic & pencil on wood
36.5"x24.5"
2024
gall no.1 | unidentified eye, naked by the river
acrylic, pencil, oil pastel & paper on wood
23.5"x24"
2024
acrylic, pencil, paper & oil pastel on wood
48"x72"
2024
2024
a crow stops mid flight above the house next door. hovers like a hummingbird, and sheds all its feathers at once. i wake up
acrylic, pencil, oil pastel & paper on wood
24"x24"
2023
shadows of things i'll never remember, briefly reflected in the obscure deer mirror | to see with cecidium eyes. to speak in insect lines
acrylic, pencil, oil pastel & paper on wood
48.25"x24"
2023
autumn blossoms
acrylic, pencil, oil pastel & paper on wood
24"x24"
2023
a reminder to pause and laugh while slamming my head against walls
acrylic, pencil, oil pastel & paper on wood
24"x47.75"
2023
swimming in shallow shadows, a layer of tin surrounds the skin. show me your face. (22 broken birds)
acrylic, pencil & paper on wood
24"x47.25"
2023
tangled birds
acrylic, pencil & paper on wood
24"x48"
2023
woodpecker eats itself
acrylic, pencil, oil pastel & paper on wood
23.5"x47.25"
2023
haunted (thoreau's ghost)
acrylic, pencil, oil pastel & paper on wood
24"x48"
2023
melanoid membrane | consumer. will you eat your own heart in the end, or was that the start?
acrylic, pencil, oil pastel on wood
45.75"x24"
2023
the neverending impending ending
limited edition cassette tape
two raindrops to make a woodpecker
acrylic, pencil, oil pastel & paper on wood
12"x12"
2023
my momentary moth mask molting
acrylic, pencil & oil pastel on wood
24"x24"
2022
a birds heart pounds. sticks, shapes, sounds
acrylic, pencil, oil pastel & paper on wood
24"x24"
2022
repeatedly eating each echo encountered
acrylic, pencil, oil pastel & paper on wood
24"x24"
2022
imaginary insect emerging incomplete
acrylic, pencil, oil pastel & paper on wood
33"x33"
2022
always (now)here
acrylic, pencil & oil pastel on wood
24"x24"
2022
imminent insect
acrylic, pencil & oil pastel on wood
24"x24"
2022
maybe woodpeckers know a way out of this maze
acrylic, pencil & oil pastel on wood
24"x24"
2022
subliminal sorrow grows
acrylic, pencil & oil pastel on wood
24"x24"
2022
following bug lines, searching for holes, drifting like wood
boxes 1, 2 & 3
acrylic, pencil & oil pastel on wood
4"x4"x4", 4.75"x4.75"x4.75", 6.5"x6.5"x6.5"
2022
backyard graveyard
acrylic, pencil, oil pastel & paper on wood
24"x24"
2021
water home | d(r)ying times
16.5"x17.5"x3.5"
2021
the melancholy kaleidoscope
acrylic, pencil, oil pastel & paper on wood
24"x24"
2021
the melancholy kaleidoscope (video)
2020
no clear path in a brush pile
acrylic, pencil & oil pastel on wood
24"x24"
2021
reconstructing sticks
acrylic, pencil, skateboard
33"x13"
2021
untitled driftwood piece #2
acrylic, pencil, driftwood
23"x22"
2020
untitled driftwood piece #1
acrylic, pencil, driftwood
15"x16.5"
2020
forgot to speak with silence while wildfires are burning | planting seeds in empty holes
acrylic, pencil & oil pastel on wood
35.5"x24"
2020
fearer, eraser, denier, replacer, forgetter, repeater, repeater, repeater. invasive reflection
acrylic, pencil & oil pastel on wood
24"x48"
2020
growing for nothing, only dreaming of flying. patiently waiting, with beautiful things dying
acrylic, pencil, oil pastel & paper on wood
36"x48"
2020
2020
found driftwood #8 (seabird)
a ghost exposed as the ocean rose. never quiet, another deviation grows
acrylic, pencil, oil pastel & paper on wood
24"x50"
2019
drifting
acrylic, pencil & oil pastel on wood
24"x48"
2019
2019
old homes
slow metronome, exponential pendulum, the oscillating Ocean
acrylic, pencil, oil pastel & paper on wood
38.5"x48"
2019
sleepy seaweed, liquified eyes
acrylic, pencil & oil pastel on wood
24"x24"
2019
found driftwood #2
2019
observer
acrylic, pencil & oil pastel on wood
48x"65"
2019
waiting for the collapse
acrylic, pencil & oil pastel on wood
24"x24"
2019
we drift along, playing a song, stuck on a loop, nothings wrong, nothings wrong, nothings wrong...
acrylic, pencil & oil pastel on wood
36"x48"
2019
creak, crack, creep
acrylic & pencil on wood
15"x18"
2019
found driftwood #6
the change from one wave...
no protectors
acrylic, pencil, oil pastel & paper on wood
48"x48"
2019
grasping at webs, we break many threads. now we are haunted by ghosts in our heads
acrylic, pencil, oil pastel & paper on wood
48"x48"
2019
found driftwood #1
2019
tidewrack
acrylic, pencil & oil pastel on wood
24"x24"
2019
tiny bodies paused momentarily in a dance with the tide
acrylic, pencil & oil pastel on wood
48"x72"
2018
the taste of tiny bones
acrylic, pencil & oil pastel on wood
24"x24"
2018
decomposer decomposing
acrylic & pencil on wood
24"x24"
2018
thunder storms and cicadas drone
acrylic & pencil on wood
48"x72"
2018
the last loon will follow only echoes
acrylic, pencil & oil pastel on wood
31"x36"
2018
germination
acrylic & pencil on wood
16"x24"
2018
collecting seeds for future gardens
acrylic, pencil & oil pastel on wood
24"x48"
2018
birds that almost exist
acrylic, pencil & oil pastel on wood
48"x72"
2018
we sat still for so long it didn't matter that we couldn't see what was growing because we could feel it all around us
acrylic & pencil on wood
48"x72"
2018
dreaming of a flower i've never seen
acrylic, pencil, oil pastel & paper on wood
24"x24"
2018
to places that have been and will be | some see nothing where others see everything.
acrylic, pencil & oil pastel on wood
48"x48"
2018
it's hard to walk with antler feet
acrylic & pencil on wood
24"x24"
2018
wishes whispered to dead dandelions grow together in the dark
acrylic, pencil & oil pastel on wood
48"x72"
2018
5 branches
acrylic, pencil & oil pastel on wood
48"x72"
2017
beaten & dusty, searching for light, although the moon appears broken, things are still growing in the night
acrylic, pencil & oil pastel on wood
48"x72"
2017
the moon casts 3 shadows on the ghost of a dandelion
acrylic, pencil & oil pastel on wood
24"x36"
2017
listen to the ground breathe
acrylic, pencil & oil pastel on wood
24"x24"
2017
tracing shadows in a root cage
48"x48"
2017
the ghost of things that have been sitting for a long time
2017
spiderwebs catching moths on the moon
acrylic, pencil & oil pastel on wood
48"x48"
2017
3 broken branches sitting in the rain
acrylic & pencil on wood
48"x72"
2017
ant hill #2
pencil on wood
24"x36"
2016
Chessman Gallery, Lincoln City, OR
2016
eyes and raindrops
acrylic & pencil on wood
24"x36"
2014