Edwardian Corsetry Series

A natural progression of my enchantment for people and things not of this time, and my love of vintage textiles, fashion, and period materials.
Canvas and gesso sculpture on solid black walnut. 19" X 42". $1800. SOLD

Archival quality unframed, signed giclee' print 19" X 42"  $170.

In “Daybreak At Pompeii”, I access the sunbathed blues, coppers, and frescos of the public dining houses. The dawn of a warm Mediterranean day like many before that would end all in a matter of hours.  Rooted in classical literature and fictionalized over time until the last century when this fabled city was revealed. The findings at this site rewrote history and offers an unrivaled testament of daily life of a 2000 year old society suddenly frozen in time by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius on August 24, A.D. 79. I incorporate artifacts from these sites and interpret allegory of the era in this painting.  Watercolor 21" X 21 1/2" 

Framed Original $4800.

Archival quality giclee': signed, unframed print 21" X 21 1/2"  $125.

Framing available

The Sea Remembers
Cloth mache', acrylic, oil, abalone and pearl with 24k gold leaf.
I created this piece with minimal intentional subject matter. I worked in a very present moment approach and let my materials speak. Three is a common element in my work compositionally and the abalone here is placed at an intersection of a 3 by 3 grid. I did not title this until after the last action of placing a single pearl in the opening of the abalone. 
Original 21 1/2” X 21 3/4 : $2500.

Cotton cloth mache' over wire, acrylic pigment, 24k gold leaf and fresh water pearls on  black walnut. As it is inescapable that antiquity and the sea seep into all of my pieces there is an understated hint at both the likeness to, and materials of a ship masthead in this celestial figure as she gazes beyond the full moon to our unseen planet.
18" X 30". $2600.00

At times I also see this piece as "Love", and hence refer to it with that title as well. 

Original Framed Watercolor 10" X 19"  $1200.

Archival quality giclee': signed, unframed print: 10" X 19"    $75.

Framing available

My Ancient Mediterranean Series of watercolors is rooted in classical literature that has spun fascinating epics around the mythical cities of Troy, Pompeii, Atlantis, and others. Fictionalized throughout time until the last century when two of these fabled cities were revealed. The findings at these sites rewrote history and Pompeii particularly offers an unrivaled testament of daily life of a 2000 year old society suddenly frozen in time by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius on August 24, A.D. 79. I incorporate artifacts from these sites and interpret Plato’s allegorical description of Atlantis in my painting. 

In “Daybreak At Pompeii”, I access the sunbathed blues, coppers, frescos of the public dining  houses. The dawn of a warm Mediterranean day like all those before that would end all in a matter of hours,

Plato writes in the Timaeus And The Critias: “And Poseidon, receiving for his lot the island of Atlantis reined from his temple at the highest point stabling six winged horses, begat children by a mortal woman, and settled them in a part of the island which I will proceed to describe. On the side toward the sea, and in the centre of the whole island, there was a plain which is said to have been the fairest of all plains, and very fertile. Near the plain again and also in the centre of the island, at a distance of about fifty stadia, there was a mountain, not very high on any side...
Poseidon fell in love with her; and breaking the ground, enclosed the hill in which she dwelt all round, making alternate zones of sea and land, larger and smaller, encircling one another; there were two of land and three of water, which he turned as with a lathe out of the centre of the island, equidistant everyway ...”      PLATO    

Watercolor 30" X 48"

Archival quality giclee': signed, unframed print 30" X 48"  $375.

Framing available     

A celestial composition with the constellation of Libra. Felt and textile mache', gold leaf and acrylic on black walnut. 18" X 13". 

$375. SOLD  

Commissions available for all zodiac constellations and symbols.

Watercolor and casein. 12 1/2" X 9 3/4"

Archival quality giclee': signed, unframed print 12 1/2" X 9 3/4" : $38.

Framing available

A memory of my grandmother from 30 years ago. Original watercolor SOLD.

Archival quality giclee': signed, unframed print 10 3/4" X 14 1/4"  $55.         . 

Framing available

"... violent earthquakes and floods, and in a single day and night of rain all your warlike  men in a body sank into the earth , and the island of Atlantis in like manner disappeared beneath the sea." Plato

Adding to this foreboding composition are the following iconic references: 

The distinguishing three concentric rings of sea and land protected by guarded harbor entrances.

Of the two races of Atlantis, one was said to have been taller and of fair complexion.

Poseidon dwelled in a temple at the highest peak where he stabled six winged horses. 

Original framed watercolor 22" X 16 1/2"    $3600.

Archival quality giclee' print: signed, unframed full size:  $125.

Plato’s Atlantis, Poseidon:  “The tale, which is of great length, began as follows: I have before remarked, in speaking of the gods, that they divided the whole earth amongst themselves in portions differing in extent, and made for themselves temples and sacrifices. And Poseidon receiving for his lot the island of Atlantis ... reined from his temple at the highest point stabling six winged horses” 
“But afterward there occurred violent earthquakes and floods, and in a single day and night of rain all your warlike men in a body sank into the earth , and the island of Atlantis in like manner disappeared beneath the sea.” 

Currently in progress, to be finished August 2016. This piece will be completed with 24k yellow gold and Rose gold gilding, painting and pearls. 

As a commercial illustrator I meet a demand in the field of real estate development with the ability to create accurate and detailed visual images of prospective structures and projects.  My architectural rendering work is from a traditional, academic approach, translating line plan drawing into three dimensional perspective illustrations in a variety of mediums including  watercolor,  acrylic and digital.  This process presents a much stronger,  tangible impression of a structure and it’s environment than basic linear computer generated images.

My clients range from large residential developers to government agencies from the San Francisco Bay Area to Northern California.