A little catch-up.

Since I've been putting a lot of energy into Positively Rolling and still love to snowboard, skateboard, surf and mountain bike- I haven't been as productive as I'd like to be. With winter turning to spring here in Truckee, I'm going to be putting my head down to make some more work in the next few months. But to catch us up to date- here are the two most recent pieces I've finished but have yet to post. Thanks for tuning in. The top image is called "Donner Dock #29". It is 48"x 22". It captures the calm feeling of midweek dock sessions during the late spring and summer. mystery text inside says "Around here, we jump in with both feet". The lower image is called "Brockway Fire Lookout". It is meant to look like a window frame. My friend Marco is a great woodworker and helped me create a different method of presenting my work so the resin no longer drips over the edge. The image plane is set into the wood frame by about 1/8" to act as a resin reservoir. I think it works very well with my process. The image is taken from the Brockway Summit fire lookout tower after a fresh snowfall last fall. I'll be revisiting that spot in the future. Thanks again for taking the time to look.

A push for the New Year.

Here are some larger pieces I just completed. I hand build boxes with russian birch plywood, and depending on the size of the piece 1x3 inch siding or 1x2 inch siding- all mitered corners. I build layers on the wood by painting and sanding and painting and sanding. The photos are printed on overhead transparencies and tiled together to create the larger image. I then scratch into the image to manipulate the photo and to add texture then elaborately paint the back side of the the transparent master image. The master image is then trimmed to fit its wood "frame" and gelled to the wood with a clear gel. I then coat all the pieces with a clear epoxy resin. The resin gives the final piece an almost three dimensional look to it as well as a high gloss finish. I allow the resin to run over the edges as i feel it gives the final piece a unified feel. Here are the pieces. Almost 2014!! Truckee Train Depot 15x24 acrlyic, transparencies, pencil, epoxy resin, wood. (smaller detail images shown to display hidden message!) The Rubicon Trail 15x30 acrylic, transparencies, pencil, epoxy resin, wood.

Year Enders.

Put a little holiday push in to the mix. Just finished a few pieces before the new year. One for my mom for Christmas to send her a piece of the local landscape and three more to hang in Lorien Power's Studio here in old town Truckee. I'm looking forward to the new year and my 40th. I've got some prospects for some commission work on a larger scale. I'll keep you all abreast of that. Here's the new work. The Panoramic is taken from Donner Summit looking out over the Rainbow Bridge and Donner Lake.

The "Miner Shacks" piece is taken from West River Road of some historic miner shacks that are still lived in today. There may be a piece or two here still to come. Both pieces are smaller in size the Miner Shacks is 10x12 inches, The Donner summit piece is 12x16inches.

Just delivered this finished commission piece for a very happy, wonderful family. I lived with them for a little over a year. They saw my work while I was living with them and really wanted me to make them something. I'm really happy with how it turned out and they were both surprised and happy. This image looks east towards the Mt. Rose mountain range from the trainyards in Truckee. The train shown in the photo is an old snowplow train. More work to come.

A Couple of New Pieces before the Year Ends

Slowly churning out new work. Like that slow moving fly that just keeps buzzing by your ear. Been having some interest and sales on the pieces even up here in Truckee. The new aesthetic is fun to do its quite a bit looser and more playful than the silkscreen work I was doing back in Seattle. Here goes enjoy!! The top piece is titled "New Hope Cafe"-the photo was taken in Westport, Washington. The second piece is called "Eagle Lake"- the photo was taken outside Emerald Bay, Lake Tahoe, California.

Been making some new works here in the Sierras. I have new inspiration, and have been making the most of whatever I can use as media here. I purchased a photocopier down in Sacramento and have been using it.. New pieces are 18x24 acrylic, pencil, paper scraps, xerox transparencies finished with an epoxy resin. Enjoy- thanks for looking! More works to come!!

Recent Developments 10-2011

Just wanted to post some photos of some recent prints I just finished. I'm trying to have a blowout sale so everything you see is for sale right now. The bubble has burst- everything must go!!!!!! The Century 21 prints are large 24x36 inches- 250$ they are all unique- 3 are similar- so very limited quantity.. I'll be posting more stuff too!! come and get it!!!!