In this series of paintings I explore nature and how sunlight through the tree leaves makes rainbows much like a stained glass window. To capture the love I have for a starry night, many pieces have glow-in-the-dark constellations and moons
The woman is giving the elephant a flower and he is giving one back to her as a peace offering. The tree is rejoicing and throwing her "confetti" around to celebrate the homecoming of humankind to nature.
The original painting sold to a private collector in 2020.
When I look at this painting I imagine the smell of spring after a rain storm when the sun comes out, setting all of the rain droplets ablaze with a rainbow of color
Spring, at the 12 o’clock, with it’s soft yellow blooms. Summer, at the nine o’clock, with green tree leaves bearing red fruit. Fall’s colorful leaves cover the ground at six o'clock. Winter, at the three o’clock position, with its Northern Lights. The butterfly, an iconic symbol, shows us how beautiful change can be.
This piece has a secret! When the lights go out, a glow-in-the-dark moon and stars show their light! This 15"x 30" acrylic painting on stretched canvas reminds me of a rainbow butterfly wing.
This painting is made out of two 24"x48" vertically hung canvases. As we are ONE with nature and each other, each canvas creates ONE complete 48"x48" artwork when both halves are combined. The two souls reaching toward nature, the heavens, and each other are ONE without physical tethers.
This painting was inspired by walks through the forest at my grandma's farm. She taught me to notice the smallest of miracles in nature. She had a keen eye for spotting mushrooms. She’d point them out to me and I still couldn’t find them! Growing up, my cousins and I thought the woods around her farm was magical.
This painting gets its name from how much the original painting glows in the dark. It was created with thin glazes of paint to create a stained glass look. The highly textured surface is fun to touch. Made from ink, acrylic paint, fiber, mica, and glow-in-the-dark paint.
Summer's vibrant color explodes in this piece.
I was painting outdoors at a park when a "mistake" caused me to get frustrated and scrape paint off of the canvas. I decided to keep removing paint in the pattern of some nearby trees that were reflecting in a little pond. If you look closely you'll notice faces in the tree bark.
In this piece I see a peaceful river gliding effortlessly through a dream-like landscape.
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