Artist Gallery

Photography

This photo of the Compuware Atrium was taken with my camera phone during a visit to Downtown Detroit in the summer of 2012. The photo was enlarged and transferred to print on Canvas and framed.

Works on Paper

Photography

Painting

works on canvas.

Painting

Painting

“Regal”
24"x18"
watercolor on paper
SOLD

Painting

36 X 48 Acrylic on Canvas

Works on Paper

Prismacolor pencils on artist paper ~

Painting

"City Tree"
Abstract landscape painting
Acrylic on canvas
14" x 11"

Mixed Media

Graffiti

Painting

Ying-Yang Series 1/5

Painting

Painting

Painting

Galerie Flying Pig, is a famous art gallery in Prague, Czech Republic. Kevin Cooklin owns the artist gallery.

Mixed Media

Craft

Quilting, crochet and embroidery on cotton fabric. 20" x 20"

Works on Paper

Photography

Painting

Two young people in excitement and anticipated of touch each other.

Painting

This was my first dog portrait. It was a friend's dog who had just retired. You can see that it was an early dog portrait, but it captured the dog's essence as I intended.

Painting

This is a commissioned painting of three Terriers(Scarlet, Buster Brown and Rhett). They were a delight to paint! The owner gifted this painting to his wife who works for the Fishman Company. I entered them into the National Arts Program at Santa Rosa and received a Scholarship Award in 2009.

Photography

Visions of Fatima is a collection of photographic images inspired by the celestial phenomenon known as the Miracle of the Sun that occurred in Fatima, Portugal on October 13, 1917 and is associated with coinciding apparitions of the Virgin Mary.
The subject of these abstract prismatic works is a statue of Our Lady of Fatima, which is another name for the Virgin Mary, given after she appeared in Fatima. With the use of a light prism, I explore how light refractions and vibrant colors create an impression of otherworldliness, evoking a sense of wonder and awe that thousands of witnesses of the Miracle of the Sun experienced.
In May of 1917 the Virgin Mary first appeared to three shepherd children who were tending their flock of sheep on a family pasture. She appeared to the children every 13th of the month for the next five months. She told them to pray, do penance, and have devotion to her Immaculate Heart through which God grants graces. During her apparition in September, Mary told the shepherd children that she would perform a miracle “so that all may believe”.
Word of this message spread, and on October 13, as many as 70,000 to 100,000 people descended onto the pasture, awaiting to hear what message was conveyed to the shepherd children. As the crowd began to gather, soldiers sent by the anti-Catholic government forcibly blocked people from entering the pasture. Devotees were physically assaulted and wounded, but undeterred. With the onslaught of steadfast spectators, the soldiers desisted. Torrential rains began to soak the assemblage. But still, they remained undeterred.
The crowd consisted of rich and poor, young and old, educated and uneducated, believers and skeptics. No one except the visionary children saw the apparition of the Virgin Mary. Of those children, only the two girls heard her. But all the spectators saw the Miracle of the Sun.
During the apparition of the Virgin Mary, the rain subsided, and the sun appeared and could be viewed without harm to the cornea. Witnesses described what they saw as the sun dancing, spinning, and changing colors. The sun appeared to drop from the sky. Witnesses recall feeling radiant heat from the disconcertingly close orb. Some people feared the world was ending. Others were moved to belief in the trinitarian God proclaimed by the apparition.
In response to the question “Can a scientist take the Miracle of the Sun seriously?” former particle physicist Fr. Andrew Pinsent says, “Why not?” He explains how systems in nature behave predictably in isolation. But should an intervening force act on the system, the system is no longer predictable.
While I cannot intervene on a system and cause movement outside of cosmic laws, I can manipulate the light that hits the lens of my camera. When I look through the lens, I am looking past the subject, asking myself, what is being shown to me that I cannot see? It is my hope that Visions of Fatima helps the viewer see beyond the image hanging before them and open themselves to wonder.
“It is the response to a wonder that guides you to the original Presence behind it.” - Father Lorenzo Albacete, aerospace physicist

Painting

12" X 19 "Acrylic on Canvas,This painting was done in Bayamon,
Puerto Rico .

Works on Paper

Graphite on paper

Painting

Painting

Oil on Canvas
10 x 10

Based off of a home movie from the Hawran family archive.

Craft

Fused glass 19" wide x 23" tall (including stand)

Sculpture

Mixed Media Assemblage.  Wood, metal, found objects.

Painting

Turkey vultures tend to disturb most people with their appearance. They may be one of the most physically unattractive birds, by no fault of their own.
The beauty that I see within these birds is the role that they play in our communities and ecosystems. They are negatively associated with death. But, my vision of them is that they are a necessary part of the process. The olive branch in this painting highlights the peace and closure that these birds are capable of offering.

Works on Paper

My Wife...My Life

Photography

Works on Paper

High-Quality, Beautiful Photography
See through my eyes and lens, as we visit my mother resting in peace at Bodega Head California.