Selections from the Rock Garden

In August 2007, with the drawing "Flow" 2/3 complete, I did a series of 16 rock portraits in a sketch book while backpacking in Humphries Basin in the John Muir Wilderness in Fresno County. All of these portraits were transcribed into the scroll as part of its final 20' grand finale. In addition, a few of these portraits were incorporated into the paintings that were completed for the exhibit as well.

(appears in "Calm at the Top")

(appears in "Rock Still Life")


ink and graphite on paper
image size 5 x 7
framed size 9 x 11
Archival framing from Katayama Framing in Portland Oregon
dark finished walnut frame by Marcial del Cid of Aloha Oregon
8 ply museum rag mat, and UV filtering glass

$350.00 each

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A Pair of Pairs, The New View!

Rock and Reflection
35 x 35
oil on canves 2002
1 of 2

Still Life Rocks
35 x 35
oil on canvas 2008
1 of 2

These images, mostly painted this past January were executed as a pair of diptychs where the canvases in each represented nearly identical images. As the work was being arranged for installation, I realized that by placing the two different images together and stacked vertically with the "Rock Still Life" painting as the lower image, I had a new diptych configuration that utilized the two separate images to create a single scene. Happy accident and lucky discovery. The pair of pairs worked as a very effective installation.

available individually for $1,200.00
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