The Alchemy of Imagination
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Oil on Panel 16″ x 11.5″ (17.5″ x 13″ framed) It was clear that no one had descended on this path for centuries. Immense, columnar crystals stood like sentinels gleaming in the lava-light. The molten earth had reclaimed most of the builders’ structures and statues,…

Descent into the Depths

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Oil on Panel 12″ x 17″ The dawn bloomed brilliantly, its warmth driving away the chill of the wind atop the ramparts. Both Warrick and his griffin steed were under no illusions, their army was far outnumbered. Still, they knew that even if this was…

First Light, Last Flight

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Oil on Panel 20″ x 16″ The ancients saw the Sea and the Night Sky as very similar in their nature. The Waters Above, and the Waters Below. Space was not a vacuum, but rather full of the Astral Fluid, within which the stars floated.…

Queen of Sea and Starlight

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I was contacted by a corporate representative that was looking for a muralist to design and paint a memorial mural for Tim Shride, one of their team leaders who had passed away. The design was open but they wanted to include several interests that he…

Tim Shride Memorial Mural

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I was contracted by RACC (Regional Arts and Culture Council) to repaint this mural originally painted in 1998 by Adriene Cruz. This mural, which was originally funded through Multnomah county’s percent for art program, was one of the first murals I saw getting painted when…

Walnut Park Restoration

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Williamsburg Brooklyn, NYC Painted for Overall Murals

Lucifer

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30′ x 16.5′ Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NYC Painted this for Overall Murals, and I gotta say, that dress was CRAZY to paint. Does anyone need that many sequins and lace? In my opinion, the face was a snap comparatively. Now I understand why birds flock and…

Chanel Nº 5

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This project is in Tacoma, WA, and was completed for Pierce Transit and the City of Tacoma. The concept and design is by @ryanfeddersen. Inspired by our relationship with the Tahoma glacier, and the embroidery patterns of her tribal heritage, the designs bring so much life and color to an…

Mini Tahoma

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Oil on Panel 12″ x 9″ The royal contingent from the steppes of the inner Veldt stepped off their galleon and headed towards the port via the ancient sky bridge. From the bridge, the Great City lay before them; the power center of the Kethram…

Visitors to Hashmalim

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Oil on Panel 12″ x 17″ Dreams are a mystery of consciousness. Why do we switch off our motor functions for about a 3rd of our lives and psychically put ourselves in strange and inexplicable situations? Materialism proposes that dreams are simply an effluvia of…

Dreamtender Angel

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Oil and Enamel on Panel 20″ x 18″ A rare self portrait, capturing the magic of transformation and the power of innocence. This type of innocence is not the naiveté of a child, but rather the state we can experience when we make the choice…

Golden Child

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Oil on Panel 20″ x 30″ Maria Prophetissa, otherwise known as Maria the Prophet or Mary the Jewess, was an early alchemist from around the 1st-3rd century AD. She is credited with the invention of several kinds of chemical apparatus and is considered to be…

Maria Prophetissa