"American GoldFinch 1"

8.5"x7.5" acrylic on marbled paper $175.00

“Perfection is not obtainable. Leaves will continue to fall. A few random leaves are perfectly beautiful." - Alexandra Stoddard

"Andromeda Skyline"
72”x60” Oil on canvas $2,900

The emptiness at the core of every atom is the womb of the universe; In the flicker of thought when two neurons interact there is an opportunity for infinite new worlds to be born.

-- Robert Eastgate

"Mourning Dove"
8"x10" acrylic on marbled paper $225.00

"The theory of not mixing black to darken colors really needs to be tossed out the window. Used sparingly, black can create wonderful, muted colors."
--Steve Childs

"Ladder-Backed Woodpecker"

8"x10" acrylic on marbled paper $225.00

"The painter draws with his eyes, not with his hands. Whatever he sees, if he sees it clear, he can put down. The putting of it down requires, perhaps, much care and labor, but no more muscular agility than it takes for him to write his name. Seeing clear is the important thing."
--Maurice Grosser

"Dark-eyed Junco"
8"x5" acrylic on marbled paper $175.00

"No amount of mental prejudice can prevent the eye from passing a sound judgment on two patches of tone placed in immediate juxtaposition."
--John Collier

"California Quail"
10"x8" Acrylic on marbled paper $225.00

"The better an artist can mimic how the eye sees, the more effective and natural the paintings will be."
--Kenn Backhaus

"American GoldFinch 2"

8.5"x7.5" acrylic on marbled paper $175.00
"Painting is easy when you don't know how,
but very difficult when you do."
--Edgar Degas

"Western Tanager, Male & Female"
8"x10" acrylic on marbled paper $225
"The dignity of the artist lies in his duty of keeping awake the sense of wonder in the world. In this long vigil he often has to vary his methods of stimulation; but in this long vigil he is also himself striving against a continual tendency to sleep. " --Marc Chagall

"Purple Finches & Jacaranda"
8"x10" acrylic on marbled paper
"What was any art but a mould in which to imprison for a moment the shining elusive element which is life itself - life hurrying past us and running away, too strong to stop, too sweet to lose." --Willa Cather

"Mockingbird"
8"x10" acrylic on marbled paper
"The essence of all art is to have pleasure in giving pleasure." --Dale Carnegie

"Dark-eyed Junco, female"

8"x5" acrylic on marbled paper

"Acrylic can reach a high level of intensity, a sharpness and 'hard-edged' truth, which is a little bit too easy to smudge over, or just blur out, when you work in oils alone." --Mark Jacobson

"Egret Take-off"
7.5"x8.5" acrylic on marbled paper

"Acrylics can be used in the age-old pursuit of enjoyment, mastery and inspiration as easily and successfully as any traditional medium."

--Robert Bissett

"Cuckoo"
6"x10" gouache on marbled paper
"Art does not imitate nature, but founds itself on the study of nature – takes from nature the selections which best accord with its own intention, and then bestows upon them that which nature does not possess, viz.: the mind and soul of man." --Edward Bulwer-Lytton

"Yellow Rumped Warbler"

8"x5" acrylic on marbled paper
"Art demands constant observation." -Vincent Van Gogh

"Magnolia"

5"x5" oil on wood panel

"There is no difficulty in painting detail, the real difficulty lies in getting the general truth of tone and tint. "
--John Collier
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