Inspired by nature's beauty, power, and mystery

"Wave" (oil on canvas, 12 x 24")

Inspired by nature's beauty, power, and mystery

Welcome to this web gallery of my original artwork.  Inspired by the rugged beauty of coastal Maine, I create land and seascape oil paintings and soft pastel paintings.  Each medium has its own appeal.  With oil painting, the process of mixing, layering, and glazing hues of different values and temperatures is engaging and rhythmic.  Soft pastel is a medium of particular vibrancy and immediacy.  Almost pure pigment with minimal binder, pastels give artwork a richness of color and stroke that is both characteristic and striking.  Preparing my own surfaces for pastel painting gives me the freedom to vary the texture and tone of the ground.  I often combine media, such as using acrylic or watercolor as an under-painting for a soft pastel work or experimenting with gold metal leaf in combination with oil or soft pastel. 
 
I also make one of a kind necklaces and earrings with silver, other metals, minerals, beads, crystals, and found objects.  As in my oil and pastel painting practice, each piece is inspired by a palette of nature's hues, shapes, and shades. Please visit the Jewelry Gallery on this site. I show my original hand crafted jewelry at the Kefauver Gallery in Damariscotta .

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Please note that I do not sell through PayPal or similar systems. If you wish to buy a painting or jewelry, please send me a message through the Contact page to arrange direct payment to me. Thank you.

2026 Solo Shows

"Maine Elemental - Land, Sea, and Sky," River Arts Gallery, Damariscotta, Maine:  6/25 - 7/14

"Intersect - Land, Sea, and Sky," Whitefield Library, Whitefield, Maine:  September

Throughout the summer season, I show my work at the Pemaquid Gallery in Bristol, Maine and 165, The Inn on Park Row in Brunswick. Beginning this year, I am now showing my artwork at Small Wonder Gallery in Camden.

I hope that at least one of my oil or pastel paintings will stir a memory or your emotions. Painting provides an outlet for my feelings and a channel for sharing my perspective and perceptions. Expressing myself also helps lift my spirits during this world-wide public health crisis, current conflicts, and political divisions. You may purchase paintings or jewelry through galleries or through me.