Seattle Arboretum

Inspired by a trip to the Seattle Arboretum.  This was a gift to my besties, the Seaburgers.  Acrylic on Canvas

Night Owl

Inspired by my wife's recent obsession with owls. 

Acrylic on Canvas.

There Was An Owl

There was an owl
who lived in an oak.
The more he heard,
the less he spoke;
the less he spoke,
the more he heard-
We all should be
like that wise old bird.

Sarraillon's, Bedoya's, James's, and the Gregg's

I had the idea of making a piece that symbolized some family history.  I found Vintage photos of my our grand parents and made 4 individual paintings of each couple.   My wife's grandparents, The Sarraillon's and the Bedoya's.  My grandparents, the James's and the Gregg's.  Acrylic on Canvas.

Cows

Inspires from a Marimekko Print.  Acrylic on canvas.

               A lady from the city and her traveling companion were riding the train through Vermont when she noticed some cows.

"What a cute bunch of cows!" she remarked.
"Not a bunch, herd", her friend replied.
"Heard of what?"
"Herd of cows."
"Of course I've heard of cows."
"No, a cow herd."
"What do I care what a cow heard. I have no secrets to keep from a cow!"

Marimekko was founded in 1951 by Viljo and Armi Ratia, after the former's oilcloth factory project failed and was converted to a garment plant. Armi asked some artist friends to apply their graphic designs to textiles. In order to show how the fabric could be used, the company then designed and sold a line of simple dresses using their fabric. It came as an early recognition of fashion as an industrial art and of Marimekko's role in the process when Finland's leading industrial designer Timo Sarpaneva invited the company to present a fashion show (albeit canceled at short notice) at the 1957 Triennale in Milan. The garments were eventually showcased in the nearby Rinascente upscale department store under its then store display manager Giorgio Armani.