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• 07-20-05 8:15 am

  A Sign for BigBF

  My brother Bill went by BigBF. His name had gotten well known at the rallies, so this year he needed a sign of his own. I airbrushed one for him at our parents' house, on heavy canvas, based on the colors of his Honda Valkyrie. I kept it hidden while I worked. When he tried to peek, I jumped in fron...

• 03-28-09 12:00 pm

  Dried Up

  When I heard there'd be a Community Art Show at Linda K. Jordan Gallery at Gallaudet University, April 6 to April 24, 2009, I asked myself what I could put together with just a few days to work. I looked around at what I already had on hand, and found the foam board I'd been using for my model railr...

• 06-06-10 11:38 pm

  Elder's Eye

  In June 2010, we visited my brother-in-law Yes Serious and his wife Allie in Seattle. During the trip, they took us to the Seattle Aquarium, where I got completely absorbed watching a Giant Pacific octopus glide around its tank. That moment inspired this surreal painting. I gave it to them afterward...

• 06-16-24 10:58 pm

  Five Stars

  I just picked up a brush, looked at my palette, and started painting these dancing stars out of the blue. I had a narrow piece of cold press paper on hand, so I used it. I told myself it was just a study, something to practice with. I ended up liking it more than I expected. So, it is finished and...

• 06-14-22 4:57 pm

  Frangible Red

  Because of my blood cancer and my brother's death a bit over a year ago, I thought about how very fragile life is. Not just human life, but everything from the largest living organism in the world, Armillaria ostoyae fungus, to the smallest, Nanoarchaeum equitans. All of them, including us, can die...

• 06-22-05 8:26 am

  Hallway Brotherhood Shirts

  Ando and his three roommates called themselves the Hallway Brotherhood. They all played Magic the Gathering together. I designed the graphic myself, then showed Ando the whole process. He watched me prep the screen with the design, print the shirts, and airbrush them after. He got to see it all, sta...

• 04-29-07 7:03 pm

  Hanging of the Fire

  I was talking with my son about how I haven't made as much artwork as I wanted to. To prove a point, I told him I could finish a painting in a few minutes. So I did. Ten minutes, start to finish. I'd been missing watching the sunset out west, so I painted a yellow ball hanging by thin strings over...

• 05-01-00 10:23 pm

  Indifference

  My friend and I were talking about ice cream. He said he preferred frozen yogurt. I told him I strongly preferred ice cream. He said, "same difference." That comment led to this painting. The two lines represent that idea. One is rigid and angular, moving in sharp, exact steps. The other flows fre...

• 07-09-08 5:45 pm

  Lace and Ember

  I turned this bowl on the lathe, then drilled a pattern of holes into the upper section once the shape was done, giving it that lace-like openwork. Near the bottom, I added a band of flakes running around the bowl, catching warm ember tones in the wood grain.

• 01-14-86 10:00 pm

  Lighthouse in the Storm

  My second attempt at painting in oil, a day after Snowy Creek. A lighthouse standing against crashing waves, with the beam cutting through the haze above.

• 01-13-86 3:00 pm

  Snowy Creek

  My first time working in oil. Snowy Creek, a winter woods with a stream running through the snow between bare trees.

• 12-13-05 10:19 pm

  Still Purple

  I was sitting quiet one evening, watching Jolynn read. Everything felt still. I thought about her favorite color, purple, and how it would sit inside my own green world. I pictured a clock stopped mid-swing, the pendulum frozen instead of moving. That's what I wanted to paint. One purple ball, still...

• 12-31-07 8:05 pm

  Subconscious at Work I

  I made this without any conscious plan, which is why I titled it Subconscious at Work. It was an experimental piece, since I was considering building a series of larger works like it down the road. For this piece, I covered wire mesh with acrylic hard molding paste and painted on top of it once it...

• 06-30-12 6:00 pm

  Subconscious at Work II

  In the summer of 2012, while battling blood cancer, I went home after my first round of chemotherapy. I only had a few days of free time at home before heading back. My mom asked how I made Subconscious at Work I. With good reason, I gave her an actual demo. I made this smaller piece with orange...

• 05-07-06 10:30 am

  Textured Background

  I wanted a textured background for my desktop wallpaper. I looked around for something I liked and couldn't find it. Then I thought, wait, I can just make one myself. I wanted it in amber, but I painted it in blue instead. Blue is easier to shift digitally into other colors like amber or purple. J...

• 04-29-07 7:34 pm

  Textured Background II

  I decided to do another textured background, this one for my Linux desktop wallpaper. Last year I did the first one in blue, since blue is easier to shift digitally into other colors like amber or purple. This time I skipped the digital shift and just painted it in the exact color I wanted from the...

• 06-01-10 11:30 pm

  That's How I Read Your Lips

  I got frustrated with people asking me repeatedly, "Can you read my lips?" So I painted the mouth I actually see when someone tries to talk to me. It was a quick relief painting session, more about getting the feeling out than planning it carefully. Updated (4/4/2026): This painting was exhibited...

• 03-31-12 4:40 pm

  The Patch Lamp Stand

  I turned this stand on the lathe for a stained glass lamp I have coming, still in the works. Partway through, I accidentally cut a piece off the bottom of the shaft. To fix it, I glued in a piece of a different wood. It ended up adding a nice bit of color contrast I hadn't planned on. I kept shaping...

• 12-17-91 10:45 pm

  The Plumbing

  I painted this as a joke gift for my dad. He was always the one dealing with plumbing problems, so I figured he could use his own personal painting of pipes to hang on the wall.

• 09-01-19 5:45 pm

  The Urban

  Oddly enough, I rode my bike to Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens to get away from the city. Yet somehow I ended up painting the urban in my sketchbook anyway.

• 10-12-09 10:49 pm

  Untitled

  I painted this without any clear intention or direction. Updated (8/8/2026): It's been hanging on my wall for seventeen years, and even now, I can't quite grasp its meaning. This morning I found myself pondering its purpose again, still unsure of what I was trying to express. Yet it stays on the w...

• 08-24-22 10:13 pm

  Vermilion Series

  I was in Texas visiting my parents, and like usual, I ended up making something while I was there. My mom had a tube of paint lying around, the only one of its kind in her watercolor collection. I picked it up, held it in my hand, and the name got me. Vermilion. I told her right there I was going...

• 04-06-08 7:20 pm

  Wave Study

  This wave study was practice for a future project. The next piece won't be about waves at all. I wanted to work on brushwork, especially with acrylic since it dries so fast and doesn't give you much time to think. I liked how it turned out. Signed it and called it done. I was looking forward to...