The Cascade Clay Artists, an association of ceramic artists that I am a member of, enjoyed their annual Burn Party on the beach overlooking Port Susan on Camano Island this past Saturday. We had the opportunity to bring a few pieces to raku in kilns brought to the beach for the day by a few generous and able raku experts in our membership. This bird rattle is one of two pieces I fired at the party. The rattle is carved … Read More
Lunar Sea, oil on canvas, 16″x20″. This is one of my earlier moon paintings. The reflection on the water suggests the shape of the bowls that appear in later paintings. I am excited about this because it just showed up out of my subconscious thinking. When I look out at the view of the water from my home, I see the Puget Sound as a large basin containing the life of the region. This vision of the Sound is one … Read More
Portal into the Root of the Soul, oil on canvas, 36″x36″, 2012. My journey into the Amazon Rainforest a decade ago still informs my art. This is a painting of the Shuar goddess Nunqui. She is opening a portal into the earth and into the soul. She is holding a bowl of Chicha, a drink made from fermented manioc root. The spirit of the earth and the spirit of the human are interconnected in physical form. The world is as … Read More