Upcoming show - Marin Trees

In preparation for my upcoming show at the Widman's art fair, July 27th I've been producing some of the large scale images of trees I shot the previous 2 winters in Marin County, CA.

This is an example image from Deer Island, North Marin County.

Saint John's Market Opening show

After a successful opening at The Best Art Gallery in Portland, the Saint John's Farmer's Market board of directors asked if I'd show some more of the work for the opening of the SJFM June 1st. They arranged for me to hang work at 3 locations,

Proper Eats

James John cafe

Saint John's Booksellers

For about another 25-26 images from the series. It is great to have this live on and hope it helps illustrate how great our city and community is in Portland.

Updates to Best Baguette -

I finally got around to updating some of the images at Best Baguette. I chose to use 5 B/W images that I've had around but hadn't shown before (other than online). It is always interesting to see how B/W images impact viewers - color images are striking but I often find the more 'dramatic' the color in a color image is, the more impact; much like how B/W's intrinsic dramatic nature creates more impact automatically. Normally when I've hung work, people have been complimentary - which I find very inspiring - but this time when hanging B/W images, the response was even stronger.

December Show

I am currently preparing for a show at New Seasons here in Beaverton. This will be the last show they will have before turning the gallery over to student artists only.

I wanted to show a variety of images and no necessarily images that all went together; this is a great opportunity to showcase the variety of images that I have as well as show both B/W and color. There is room enough for about 15 images but I plan on printing 2 36x12 inch images for the center of the space and allow the others to mingle with their matching color / theme.

Here is a current selection of what might go up -

The Evergreen State College 'Art of Living' auction

I am very happy that Evergreen contacted me about donating a piece to their art auction. The auction is used to raise funds for student scholarships and the Evergreen Gallery. I have to thank Tom Anderson in Olympia Washington for suggesting my work. The greatest reward for me is having people enjoy my work and have some connection to it.














I decided to donate the Ho' Okipa point photo for a variety of reasons. One, the idea is to raise as much money as possible and this image seems, based on the feedback, something many people like. Also, I see this image as a turning point for me in that I spent much time waiting, framing and thinking about this image before I clicked the shutter - what? it isn't always random?

Benefit for Brad

I'm trying to raise money for a friend's family. He is in the ICU at OHSU and is fighting. I'm asking $50.00 dollars for a 21" x 6 1/4" gallery quality matte print (190gsm). I'll also be doing a limited # of 48" wide prints for special order - these are $150.00. All money will go to Brad's family.


Friends. If we are lucky, we have at least 1 good friend, if we're rich - we have many.

Hong and I spent almost 3 hours today with our friend Brad Eakman. It was strange to have a conversation with him that didn't take place on a tennis court, at our house, over a beer; anywhere but in a hospital ICU unit. 3 weeks ago Brad suffered a major series of heart attacks and heart failure and is still fighting an uphill battle for himself and his family. Brad is and always will be the guy that was always available at the last minute to play - would show up to watch when you were playing and to cheer you on. The first to text you to ask how it was going if he knew there was something challenging going on.


I took this photograph with Hong and a couple of good friends 2 weekends ago. I spent so much of that weekend thinking of Brad I think this is a perfect image for him. There is such an incredible deep beauty and timelessness to the whole area. Whole areas are reclaiming the land and forest are growing again.

Mount Saint Helens

After a frustrating morning of low clouds, mist and foggy weather we decided to watch the movie they offered. At the end of the film, the curtains behind the screen opened to a sheet of pure white fog; normally a stunning view of the crater and mountain. When we left the theatre there was a slight and hardly noticeable warmth to the mist. Within a few mintues, the sun was visible through the mist - but only as a bright yellow circle; diffused. Then, within a few more minutes, the clouds lifted and the warmth was everywhere. I had lugged my gigapan panoramic head with me so I ran back to the car, grabbed my gear and ran back up to the viewer point. A stunning view of a stunning landscape.