I wanted to show the new larger paintings together and below that, share some of the smaller ones that include ideas that led to this work or tangents along the way.

I have applied for a couple opportunities recently requiring an artist statement and found I needed to rethink what I am doing as it has evolved.  The landscape/environment has become more dominant in the paintings.  I attribute that to the fact that I am a lover of the Pacific Northwest and have hiked lots and camped in many places of dramatic beauty.  These places do feed my soul and it should be no surprise to me (though it is!) that these places are appearing as the locales of my other personal symbology.  And, there is definitely something about all the fencing and netting.  Universally we want to contain and protect, hold in and keep out.  I think it is almost an obsession....almost.
Hey....they are all self-portraits or fragments of memories. 
Enough words, here you go.

Yellow Scaffold, my current favorite

Deluge and Debris

The Cave for Spinning

Some Useful Tools

Lost

Found