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Feb 16
1 min

Happy Valentine's Day!

I've been asked to create a few more fish paintings for gifts around the holiday and I can't get enough of this color palette and gold le...

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Feb 12
1 min

Cannas Lilies

It was my mother's birthday a few days ago so I had to paint some of her favorite flowers! This was actually a design we talked about for...

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Feb 12
1 min

Snowboard #3

I've been lucky enough to do a few of these boards now and each one has been a new challenge. For this one I was commissioned to create a...

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Feb 2
1 min

Tarot Card Portraits

This week I added another portrait to this ongoing series. Each of these family members requested a portrait in the style of a tarot card...

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Jan 7
1 min

Cyclical

Lately I've been drawn to the idea of circularity in motion. These gold leaf and oil fish paintings have been a minimalist exploration of...

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Jan 7
1 min

Happy Holidays!

In the winter months I'm spending more time in the studio, and this year I've had the pleasure to design a few snowboards. These boards a...

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Nov 18, 2020
1 min

Worldwide Story Book

I recently had the pleasure of doing a video interview for Worldwide Story Book. It was an honor to be considered among the many talented...

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Nov 18, 2020
1 min

Dawn

Another painting completed in this personal series. Each has explored the idea of water and surface tension as a barrier that can be brok...

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Nov 3, 2020
1 min

Inktober

While I unfortunately didn't have time to participate in all of "Inktober" this year, I did manage to sketch the last few prompts. I alwa...

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Oct 20, 2020
1 min

Bacchus

I'm happy to share the first portrait in a commissioned series inspired by tarot cards. This piece, depicting one of the brothers in this...

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Oct 20, 2020
1 min

Babewalls, Renewed

After discovering my allergy to spray paint and the subsequent health problems, I took a look at the wall I had created and it seemed glo...

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Oct 1, 2020
1 min

Crush Walls Take 3!

Somehow amidst all the craziness of this year, Crush Walls still managed to throw one of the best mural festivals again! It was an honor ...

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Sep 14, 2020
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Morton's Fork

Just over a year ago I completed my first mural, and a few weeks ago I learned I'm severely allergic to spray paint. While I admit it's n...

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Sep 14, 2020
1 min

Babewalls!

I was incredibly excited and honored to be invited to Babewalls, the flagship all female and non binary mural festival in Westminster. W...

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Jul 29, 2020
1 min

Oils in Progress

With the rainy week we've had in Denver, it's a nice opportunity to visit some of the oil paintings I have in the works. The first is a p...

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Jun 28, 2020
1 min

Between Sea and Space

I recently had the challenge of creating the largest oil painting I have tackled at over 12 feet! This uniquely shaped wooden panel incor...

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Jun 22, 2020
1 min

Essential

There are a lot of things I could say about the current climate, but the most important thing to me as an artist and person is how people...

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Mar 11, 2020
1 min

Babe Walls Show

Here are the two pieces I'm showing at Ironton Distiller Gallery! The first is the donated snowboard, titled "Drift". The second is a cus...

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Mar 1, 2020
1 min

Ironton Gallery

Happy to announce that I will be part of a group show at Ironton Distillery Gallery for the month of March. The exhibit will celebrate fe...

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Jan 21, 2020
1 min

Figure Drawing

It has been too long since I had the opportunity to do some figure drawing. When I lived in Italy I found the greatest sense of community...

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