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Bringing art, love, and hope to the streets! During this unprecedented time, Neighbors West-Northwest in partnership with the City of Portland Bureau of Planning & Sustainability, dedicated funding to support artists and small businesses in NW Portland. Art can help make even the hardest day…

Neighbors West Northwest Article

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24″ × 36″Oil on Panel2020 The angelic envoy of the Technosphere brings a secret missive to the Queen of Smokeless Fire. What is the message that’s whispered in her liminal palace? Is it a warning? An annunciation? The Djinn Queen knows it is of great…

Envoy to the Djinn Queen

I painted this mural on the boarded up windows of a business that was closed because of the pandemic. This installation, and other murals near 2nd and Ankeny in Portland, were spearheaded by @kaligrey. She created an opportunity for artists to bring some light to our…

Solarpunk Mural

I was invited by Chehalem Parks and Rec in Newberg, OR to design a mural for their new fitness center. It runs along an elevated jogging track, is 330′ long and varies in height from 7’6″ to 11′. I came up with the concept of…

Heroes’ Journey

Fair-Haired Dumbbell

Images

Queen of Heaven (Nebula)

Queen of Heaven (Nebula) Oil on Panel 30″ x 30″

Queen of Heaven (Nebula)

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The fine people at Paperlike did a great article on me and my work. Thanks Paperlike!

Paperlike Article

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Oil on Panel 36″ x 36″

Stormbreak

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Oil on Panel 12″ x 9″

Venus of Nitroglycerin

Blood Queen Square

Oil and Mixed Media on Panel 21″ x 11.75″ 2019

Rainbow Blood Queen

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Oil on Panel 20″ x 30″ 2018

Stag in the City

Check out this great documentary by Diggable Monkey Productions, a glimpse behind the curtain of the mural installation on the Fair-Haired Dumbbell building in Portland, OR.

Diamonds In The Rough: Painting The Fair-Haired Dumbbell from Diggable Monkey on Vimeo.

Diamonds in the Rough

Diggable Monkey Productions did a great job documenting the story of the Sovereign Hotel Restoration, where I re-painted a historic trompe l’oeil architectural mural originally designed by Richard Haas.

Restoring Sovereign from Diggable Monkey on Vimeo.

Restoring Sovereign

Splitting Hares

Oil and mixed media on panel 21″ x 27″

Splitting Hares

Medusa

Oil & Mixed Media on Panel 9″ x 12″

Medusa’s Gaze

First Contact

Oil & Mixed Media on Panel 10″ x 10″

First Contact