Painting 2

15 works

Glass Form and Water

Glass Form and Water

Watercolor · 2024-2025

A study of a glass mason jar with water being poured in, exploring transparency and reflections.

Skull and Books

Skull and Books

Watercolor · 2024-2025

A still life with a skull, flower in a vase, a small blue vase, stacked books, and a fork and spoon draped in pink fabric. 10.5 × 17 in.

Free Doodling

Free Doodling

Ink & Watercolor · 2024-2025

Four-panel sketchbook page of abstract and surreal landscapes, exploring pattern and imagination freely.

Soft & Hard Edge Study

Soft & Hard Edge Study

Acrylic · 2024-2025

A technical skills exercise exploring soft edges through a glowing gradient and hard edges through geometric forms — a cube and sphere on a dark ground.

Split Complementary Vacation Photo

Split Complementary Vacation Photo

Acrylic · 2024-2025

A stained-glass inspired composition using a split complementary color scheme, featuring a figure surrounded by flowers and botanical forms.

Complementary Color — Something Meaningful

Complementary Color — Something Meaningful

Acrylic · 2024-2025

A still life of fruits — watermelon, banana, mango, apple, and strawberries — using complementary color relationships against a warm gold background.

A Blu Blu Bag

A Blu Blu Bag

Acrylic · 2024-2025

An acrylic painting using a tetrad color scheme, focusing on capturing the crumpled creases of a blue plastic bag against a dark and golden background. 9 × 12 in.

Please Give Me Some Food!

Please Give Me Some Food!

Acrylic · 2024-2025

A portrait of my dog Tenbi standing up on a chair with gleaming eyes asking for food, set against a teal tile background. 16 × 20 in.

Cool Landscape

Cool Landscape

Acrylic · 2024-2025

An expressionistic painting of a grand piano rendered in cool blues against a warm, gestural orange and brown background.

Value and Intensity Study

Value and Intensity Study

Acrylic · 2024-2025

A technical series of three panels exploring value and color intensity through sphere and cube forms in varied palettes.

One for Each of Us

One for Each of Us

Oil · 2024-2025

Two root beer floats sit side by side on a blue table against a yellow background, waiting to be enjoyed. 8 × 10 in.

In My Own World

In My Own World

Oil · 2025

A self-portrait as a child in June 2020, during Covid, so immersed in making ice cream in the kitchen that I didn't notice the photo being taken. Painted with warm, nostalgic light. 12 × 16 in.

Yosemite Bridge

Yosemite Bridge

Graphite · 2024-2025

A graphite drawing based on a photo taken during a winter trip to Yosemite in 2024, capturing a stone arch bridge reflected in still water. 9 × 6 in.

Themed Color Study — Color Matching

Themed Color Study — Color Matching

Watercolor · 2024-2025

A pond scene featuring a duck, koi fish, and a frog on a lily pad — each animal painted by mixing colors to match. Color swatches annotated on the sides. 6 × 14 in.

Monochromatic Melt

Monochromatic Melt

Ink & Marker · 2024-2025

A monochromatic sketch of a winged figure from behind, with golden ink and marker lines dripping and dissolving outward.