Site Map

Ye Olde Site Map and Table of Contents

There are various "chapters" to the work that I do in the studio. I have indicated these headings on the front page of the site, you can see the connected sub-pages listed below and click freely between them.

Earth and Sky The series began in 1975 and continues today. This is my primary vision and what I take to be the most serious aspect of my work. It has gone through many permutations.

Sub-areas underneath the major heading of Earth and Sky are Tree Portraits and Archangel Light. I have also done quite a bit of landscape and skyscape work. Those images can be seen on my encaustic website (see link on front page to brochure website),

Tree Portraits

This series has been ongoing since the mid-80's. It is an extension of Earth and Sky. Richard commented that my landscapes were empty of any visible vegetation. I thought that was because the view was from 30,000 feet in the air. I have been working to get my feet onto the ground and trees, as a series, has been a good way to do that.

Archangelic Light

Sharon invited me to a prayer healing service she attends and when I told Deacon Nelson from the 3rd Avenue Baptist Church in Hunter's Point that I had always wanted to paint Archangels but felt it was a bit over my head he said that God would never have put that desire into my heart and I had been appointed a mission to paint Archangels. He demanded to know if I was going to do it? I said, "Yes, I will."

The Light of Christ
Archangel Michael
Near Death Experiences
Prayer Process in Painting In order to paint angels, I have to be in a higher state of consciousness than what is required to just get by in the work-a-day world. Prayer, meditation and contemplation helps to raise consciousness to a level where higher planes of existence become apparent.
Fusion Practice creating love in the heart
Meditation Journal tracing the developments in the Fusion Practice
Angels in the Park? (curiously interesting spheres of light)

The Dark and the Light

You cannot paint form without light and dark. You cannot have all dark and you cannot have all light. Some people say that the world in which we live exists because of the balance held between the forces of dark and light and that if ever either would predominate, the world would cease to exist. It's an interesting notion when you consider the ideas of Western Christianity and their end-times predicitons of the triumph of the light and the end of the world. If light were to concour darkness, then the world would cease to exist. I have talked with Balanese mystics about this idea and they say that our place as humans is to hold a balance so that the world can continue to exist. (Another thought to consider while caught in traffic.)

Cherry Blossoms

April 2002
I took a break from miniature worlds to paint the cherry blossoms in bloom in Golden Gate Park.

Winter, 2003
An excursion into the park to see what the winter light is like.

Time and Light
A snapshot comparison between two pictures taken 1 and 1/2 hours apart showing the changes in highlights and shadows.

Light changes during the day
As the sun moves across the sky, hour by hour, the highlights and shadows change on a scene. When working outdoors, these changes affect what get's drawn and how. A photograph is static. The landscape, with the movement of the sun is ever changing in composition.

Changing Light of the Seasons
Not only does the light change hour by hour, but season by season there is more and less light available in the landscape. The comparison of winter and summer solstices is quite dramatic.

Pastel Process

Time Lapse Pastel
I photographed a pastel piece in process at various stages and then assembled the photos into an animated slide show and you can watch a piece being created on the screen. Pictures do not start out in a finished state. There is a lot of under painting that needs to be done.

Following are each of the panes from the pastel show with a short description of what was going on while I was working on that level of the picture

Initial Sketch marks

placing large background shapes

intermediate phase adding foreground shapes

more intermediate stuff indicating sky and starting on shadows

adding foliage to the background

the finished sketch finishing the foreground

The Feng Shi Story This page explains some of the things I take into consideration when orchestrating my mood and environment in order to create the kind of work I make. Meditation is part of it. Music is part of it. Interaction with friends is another part of it and Madeline has had an impact on the development of the miniature worlds idea

Link to Jacotte Collette. (A musician who has been very inspirational to me. She does work with hemisync processes that balance the functioning of the right and left brain. Quite a few things have happened in my work as I have experimented with the effects of her music on my working process. The environment has an effect on us. Our cities are grey concrete and field volumes of pure noise. No one thinks it matters that the environment is so unpleasant, but everything has an impact on the central nervous system and from there on the general health of the body. What would it be like if the streets of our cities were lined with trees, blooming flowers, fountains and birds? We could do this if we wanted. There is no reason why we have to live in a drab concrete industrial wasteland.)

Miniature worlds

How it all began
2002 cont.
The story of the start of miniature worlds - 2002

Room Installations
2004 considerations
First evolution of the idea into 3-dimensional collage stories
The Walls come down

Madeline's response
Madeline and I have been sharing ideas back and forth. She responded to my 3-D stories by making portrait dioramas.

Madeline's Collage Work
Madeline has been doing collage work for years. This page shows older work as a reference point for what she began to do with the portrait dioramas.

Diva Hostels
My background with 3-D collage takes a more fanciful turn based on the early fairy homes I built as a child and later taking the idea into making natural collage installations.

Earth and Sky		The series began in 1975 and continues today. This is my primary vision and what I take to be the most serious aspect of my work. It has gone through many permutations.
		Sub-areas underneath the major heading of Earth and Sky are Tree Portraits and Archangel Light. I have also done quite a bit of landscape and skyscape work. Those images can be seen on my encaustic website (see link on front page to brochure website),

		Tree Portraits
		This series has been ongoing since the mid-80's. It is an extension of Earth and Sky. Richard commented that my landscapes were empty of any visible vegetation. I thought that was because the view was from 30,000 feet in the air. I have been working to get my feet onto the ground and trees, as a series, has been a good way to do that.

		Archangelic Light
		Sharon invited me to a prayer healing service she attends and when I told Deacon Nelson from the 3rd Avenue Baptist Church in Hunter's Point that I had always wanted to paint Archangels but felt it was a bit over my head he said that God would never have put that desire into my heart and I had been appointed a mission to paint Archangels. He demanded to know if I was going to do it? I said, "Yes, I will." The Light of Christ Archangel Michael Near Death Experiences Prayer Process in Painting In order to paint angels, I have to be in a higher state of consciousness than what is required to just get by in the work-a-day world. Prayer, meditation and contemplation helps to raise consciousness to a level where higher planes of existence become apparent. Fusion Practice creating love in the heart Meditation Journal tracing the developments in the Fusion Practice Angels in the Park? (curiously interesting spheres of light)

		The Dark and the Light
		You cannot paint form without light and dark. You cannot have all dark and you cannot have all light. Some people say that the world in which we live exists because of the balance held between the forces of dark and light and that if ever either would predominate, the world would cease to exist. It's an interesting notion when you consider the ideas of Western Christianity and their end-times predicitons of the triumph of the light and the end of the world. If light were to concour darkness, then the world would cease to exist. I have talked with Balanese mystics about this idea and they say that our place as humans is to hold a balance so that the world can continue to exist. (Another thought to consider while caught in traffic.)

Cherry Blossoms
April 2002		I took a break from miniature worlds to paint the cherry blossoms in bloom in Golden Gate Park.
Winter, 2003		An excursion into the park to see what the winter light is like.
Time and Light		A snapshot comparison between two pictures taken 1 and 1/2 hours apart showing the changes in highlights and shadows.
Light changes during the day		As the sun moves across the sky, hour by hour, the highlights and shadows change on a scene. When working outdoors, these changes affect what get's drawn and how. A photograph is static. The landscape, with the movement of the sun is ever changing in composition.
Changing Light of the Seasons		Not only does the light change hour by hour, but season by season there is more and less light available in the landscape. The comparison of winter and summer solstices is quite dramatic.

Pastel Process
Time Lapse Pastel		I photographed a pastel piece in process at various stages and then assembled the photos into an animated slide show and you can watch a piece being created on the screen. Pictures do not start out in a finished state. There is a lot of under painting that needs to be done.
		Following are each of the panes from the pastel show with a short description of what was going on while I was working on that level of the picture
		Initial Sketch marks
		placing large background shapes
		intermediate phase adding foreground shapes
		more intermediate stuff indicating sky and starting on shadows
		adding foliage to the background
		the finished sketch finishing the foreground

The Feng Shi Story		This page explains some of the things I take into consideration when orchestrating my mood and environment in order to create the kind of work I make. Meditation is part of it. Music is part of it. Interaction with friends is another part of it and Madeline has had an impact on the development of the miniature worlds idea
		Link to Jacotte Collette. (A musician who has been very inspirational to me. She does work with hemisync processes that balance the functioning of the right and left brain. Quite a few things have happened in my work as I have experimented with the effects of her music on my working process. The environment has an effect on us. Our cities are grey concrete and field volumes of pure noise. No one thinks it matters that the environment is so unpleasant, but everything has an impact on the central nervous system and from there on the general health of the body. What would it be like if the streets of our cities were lined with trees, blooming flowers, fountains and birds? We could do this if we wanted. There is no reason why we have to live in a drab concrete industrial wasteland.)
Miniature worlds
How it all began 2002 cont.		The story of the start of miniature worlds - 2002
Room Installations 2004 considerations		First evolution of the idea into 3-dimensional collage stories The Walls come down
Madeline's response		Madeline and I have been sharing ideas back and forth. She responded to my 3-D stories by making portrait dioramas.
Madeline's Collage Work		Madeline has been doing collage work for years. This page shows older work as a reference point for what she began to do with the portrait dioramas.
Diva Hostels		My background with 3-D collage takes a more fanciful turn based on the early fairy homes I built as a child and later taking the idea into making natural collage installations.