The Deeper One

It's always there, no matter where I am.

I have only to remember to look for it.

See more surreal photography here.

Into the Sea

"We know what the surface of the moon is better than we know what the surface of the sea floor is.”

—James Gardner

This is an old photograph taken with an even older camera along the coast of Oregon, and tortured for some time in Photoshop.  See more of my photo manipulation here.

Beehive Lake

This photo was taken at Beehive Lake, southwest of Wenatchee, WA.

You can find more of my photographs here.

Jagged Teeth

The burnt mountains look like dead things,
like hunched-over travelers,
frozen & forgotten
tree stumps,
a burnt-down city,
jagged teeth.

This was my first watercolor piece. See others.

Impass

here is here is here is here

the question of where
or how
keeps pecking the side of my head
ow
and I'm trying to get up,
but what's the difference between real and imagined?
I forget
which is which is which is where is how

keep finding the tip of the branch,
the most recently placed stone
without breaking it all
without tipping the domino line
without breathing on the card house

because I need to find it.

This photo was taken in Rhode Island.

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The Moon Was Showing

I asked if we could stop the car. The world was glowing.

We veered into a muddy ditch. I climbed out and used a friend's shoulder in place of a tripod.

It's a fuzzy shot with an inadequate camera, but I think it captures the mystery of the view.

See more landscape photos here.

The Living World

I think it's funny how we project our humanity into everything we see . . . and also how we fail to recognize life in things that don't move and change as quickly as we do.

This is an oil painting on a 3' x 4' canvas: my first with this medium.

See more of my surreal landscapes.

Sinking Tree (Photograph)

If the landscape changes faster than someone, he must try to breathe until he cannot.

See more trees in pictures and drawings, or more nature photos.

Controlled chaos: "The Starvation for Home"

The Starvation for Home
3' x 4'
Acrylic on canvas

I really enjoyed making this painting—employing gravity and excessive amounts of messy watered-down paint.  I get a kick out of using destructive forces for constructive means.

I like hands, and I use them in art a lot.  You can see more paintings with them.