-
Maker of Fire
My latest commission; my nephew Paolo. Like so many people in his family, he has a presence that cannot be denied. Paolo makes fire. He came to Seattle after weeks of rain, gathered wood, weeds and assorted garden debris, and in a matter of minutes he had a wonderful fire going in our fire pit.…
-
Painting a tabby cat
I have been studying a book on watercolors written by Tom Hoffmann. His book touches on a lot of the issues I have as a watercolor painter. For me, one of the hardest things to paint is a tabby cat. Their fur is marked in specific patterns, composed of individual hairs. I am not the…
-
Enza in a sunbeam
In Seattle, where I live, the winter sun is pretty spectacular. It shines from the southern corner of the sky. It is not very warm, but it can be quite bright, and unfortunately, it is rather rare. My cat Enza was sunbathing in a sunbeam yesterday on our oak floor. The brilliant white of the…
-
Harvesting the Pacific Northwest Grandeur.
The first white settlers of the Oregon Territory discovered that the riches were in wood and salmon. Flocks of hardy men came from all over the world to harvest this wood, some of it 1000 year old trees, many of these trees stood over 300 feet tall and their girths were often over 50 feet.…
-
Old Barn in the late evening light
One of the beautiful atmospheric effects I see a lot here in the Pacific Northwest is the very low sky. Everything will be kind of dark except for a splash of light on the horizon. The barn in this photo has since collapsed but I have had the good fortune to own a photo…