John Muir

"When one tugs at a single thing in nature, he finds it attached to the rest of the world." - John Muir

20x30 inches charcoal and acrylic on canvas

Portrait of Geo (The Leo) Smith

I met Geo one night at the Acme bar in Berkeley, with blue chalk on my nose and a goodbye on my breath for a friend who was leaving for Chicago the next morning. It was a going away celebration, but Geo was the first of many new friends to come. This is a portrait of a portrait: I worked from a picture of Geo next to a portrait drawn of him by his friend and artist Leah Svendsen.
The piece is 14 x 20 inches of oil pastel, charcoal and gesso on canvas.

Here is a portrait of my friend Adam, who makes beautiful, devastatingly intricate artwork and is fluent in Japanese. He is a great inspiration to me, also known as a muse in it's most classic definition. This portrait is 14x20 and is oil pastel, acrylic and gesso on canvas.