My Work
Many forms of art are beautiful and enjoyable to create. Despite primarily working in two dimensional paint, photography and sculpture are necessities for me. The quickness of photography and interaction with materials influences how I handle paint. For instance, the muscle memory of handling repurposed wood and branches is activated when I am portraying natural environments in oil.
Please enjoy browsing my online portfolio.
Painting
Rhythm. Color. Texture.
Oil paint is my great passion and experience for all my senses. The color and scent of various mediums are the base of my studio practice. The still silence is occasionally broken with biting my brushes and furiously mixing a color before I lose my thought.
Jerry
Oil on Canvas
2014
16X20
Self Portrait: Hiding
Oil on Canvas
2020
16X20
Hanging Dreams
Oil on Canvas
2020
20X24
Motherhood Journey
Oil on Canvas
2020
20X24
First Home
Oil on Canvas
2020
16X20
Nabi
Oil on Canvas
2020
8X10
Photography
Photography has always been a passion of mine, particularly of nature. During my time in the Air Force, frequent travel for work gave me many locations to capture: from Taos, New Mexico to Costa Rica to Big Sur, California. Please enjoy some select moments from my adventures.
Jedediah Smith Redwood National Park
Crescent, CA
Yosemite Valley River
Yosemite, CA
Secret Beach
Point Lobos, CA
Sunset at Crater Lake
Crater Lake, OR
Earthship Visitor Center
Taos, NM
Lincoln and Dora's Creek
Savage, MD
Zen Botanical Garden
St. Louis, MO
Lily Pads
Gainesville, FL
Arenal
La Fortuna, Alajuela, Costa Rica
Los Borbollones
Parque Nacional Volcán Tenorio,
Costa Rica
Three Dimensional
My greatest inspiration following my accident was "Rivers and Tides". Working in the natural world with the medium created by God, is beyond moving and meaningful to me. From constructing thatch domes to performative art to restoring antique furniture, material from trees pours into my work.
Instruction
It was my greatest privilege to instruct fine arts at Artworks Classes studio and workshops at the Maker's Space at Mount St Mary's University. I prepared curriculum and location for private and group instruction.
Painting Basics Workshop Series
at Mount St. Mary's University
In this painting series, I focused on color theory, reference photo selection, proportions, and texture.
Painting Tournament
at Mount St. Mary's University
For this Fall event, a competitive bracket, prompts, photography, and tool instruction were prepared.
Drawing & Illustration Workshop
at Mount St. Mary's University
During this group lesson, I demonstrated how to use transfer paper to arrange line drawings on a single page.
Wine and Painting Workshop
Black Student Union at PAC
At this event, I was asked by the BSU representatives to coordinate and instruct a tutorial winter landscape.