“Nature is loved by what is best in us.”

  • Ralph Waldo Emerson

Golden light through the trees. This was another photo I came across from Bizkaia, Spain, that I immediately picked up my brushes to paint. Light, filtering through leaves and dancing on water, is one of my favorite visual elements to paint.
Original painting of Miramar Beach. This piece was created using water from the depicted place.
Original painting of the Narrows in Zion National Park.
Painting of a beautiful old gate in Denbighshire, Wales. I came across a photo of this spot, and found the view through the gate so inviting, I just had to paint it.
Painting created at Chateau Orquevaux, during my Artist Residency. This is one of the many gorgeous views just outside the front gates to the Chateau.
Blanchard Springs, Arkansas. This place is special to my family. I played in the water and climbed these rocks as a child, and now I bring my children to do the same.
Painter’s Bluff in the Arkansas Ozarks.
Sunset over the Sandia Mountains in New Mexico.
Yosemite painting, photographed on the side of our old green barn.
Painting in progress, Twin Falls Maui.
Original painting of The Narrows in Zion National Park.
Original painting, created with water from the Gulf of Mexico at Panama Beach, Florida. This piece was painted on the depicted beach.
Silver Falls National Park Oregon Original Painting
Original Painting created during Artist Residency at Chateau Orquevaux. This piece is now a part of the Chateau Orquevaux permanent collection.
Painting Yosemite, during my Artist Residency at Chateau Orquevaux, France.
Original painting of Yosemite in Autumn. I titled this piece, “Mountains Majesty,” inspired by the song, “America the Beautiful.” This piece and the song that inspired it, are both a call to treasure our public lands.
My first painting of Yosemite and the first original art piece sold to a collector.
Original Painting of Yosemite in Autumn, titled “Mountains Majesty.” This piece was accepted for display at Becoming America: Honoring the Past, Creating the Future in Washington, D.C. on September 30, 2026.