ARTIST STATEMENT
If I had to name a common thread throughout the work I’ve created over the years, it would be my relentless attempt at rendering light and the way it moves through my world.
This concept, however, didn’t really come home to nest for me until I finally stepped outside with a pochade box and began to witness firsthand, the effects that moving light has on a subject and it's environment.
I find myself endlessly fascinated by what light can reveal and thoroughly enjoy attempting to capture it.
ABOUT ME
I grew up surrounded by the inspiring beauty of the Skagit River Valley in Washington State. After high school I didn’t go to college to study art or to art school. I did, however, become a professional performing, touring and recording musician. Many years into my music career I met my wife Ali Marcus (a singer songwriter) who noticed my interest in the visual arts and pointed me towards printmaking.
Within a few years my interest in printmaking far outpaced my interest in continuing my music career so I made a hard turn toward pursuing a career in visual arts right around the time our two children were born. Being the primary caregiver for our children may have allowed me to squeeze in a couple hours here and there to make art, but it also made it incredibly difficult to pursue an arts education or career outside the house.
Still, I managed through a couple workshops, online courses and a lot of trial and error to piece together a body of my print work to begin showing in shops and group shows locally. My work was well received, and I felt encouraged to continue learning and building a body of work.
Eventually I discovered monotype print making and fell in love with its ethereal painterly quality which I found allowed me to express myself in ways that relief printmaking couldn’t. After a few years painting with printmaking inks onto plexiglass to make my prints, I decided to do what I thought “real artists” did and bought some canvases and acrylic paint. I enjoyed learning the fundamentals of the painting process but didn’t really find my calling as a painter till an artist friend suggested I try oils. This changed everything. Suddenly I could control my edges, I could blend colors right on the canvas and most importantly, it gave me the confidence to go paint outside in nature where I have always been most inspired.
I now enjoy painting outside in plein aire as well as in the studio.
I’ve shown my work in exhibitions, solo and group shows throughout the northwest and have taught printmaking acrylic and oil painting at places such as Kirkland Art Center, Happy Time Studio in Issaquah, Northbend Art and Industry and Auburn Postmark Center for the Arts.
If you are interested in purchasing my art or hiring me to teach a class, please contact me through the form below.
CV
September 2026 Issaquah Open Studio Tour, Issaquah, WA
August 2026 Aire Craft Festival, Cement Roller Printmaking, Issaquah, WA
April 2026 Spring Thing Gilman Village, Issaquah Wa
April 2026 Group Show and Artist Demo, "Behind the Canvas," Bellevue Club, Bellevue WA
March 2026Solo Show, "To Return," Happy Time Studio, Issaquah, WA
January 2026Group Show, Kirkland Art Center, Kirkland, WA
September 2025Issaquah Open Studio Tour, Issaquah, WA
January 2025Group Show, Seattle Print Arts, Seattle, WA
December 2024Group Show, "Social Media," Happy Time Studio, Issaquah, WA
October 2024Solo Exhibit, Vetiver Salon, Issaquah, WA
May-August 2024Solo Exhibit, "The Language of Trees," Happy Time Studio, Issaquah, WA
March 2024Group Show, Artist Trust Annual Auction, Seattle, WA
January 2024Group Show, Seattle Print Arts, Mercer Island, WA
November/December 2023Historic Holiday Shell Shop, Issaquah, WA
Summer 2023Group Show, Confluence Gallery, Twisp, WA
June 2017Solo Show, Seattle Sunshine Coffee, Seattle, WA
June 2016Group Show, Bayview Cash Store, Langley, WA
February 2016Solo Show, Frame Up Studios, Seattle, WA
CLASSES
March 2026 Linocut, 1-day Happy Time Studio
January 2026 Painterly Monotype, 4-day Kirkland Art Center
October 2025 Acrylic 101, 2-day Auburn Postmark Center
October 2025 Monotype Workshop, 1-day Kirklland Art Center
August 2025 Monotype Workshop, 1-day Kirkland Art Center
June 2025 Linocut Workshop, 2-day Happy Time Studio
May 2025 Acrylics 101, 2-day Happy Time Studio
April 2025 Linocut Workshop, 1-day North Bend Art & Industry
March 2025 Linocut Workshop, 2-day Happy Time Studio
February 2025 Linocut Workshop, 2-day Happy Time Studio
February 2025 Monotype Workshop, 1-day Happy Time Studio
January 2025 Linocut Workshop, 2-day Happy Time Studio
December 2024 Linocut Workshop, 1-day Happy Time Studio
November 2024 Linocut Workshop, 2-day Happy Time Studio
October 2024 Linocut Workshop, 2-day Happy Time Studio
September 2024 Linocut Workshop, 2-day Happy Time Studio
August 2024 Printmaking Camp, 2 weeks Happy Time Studio
July 2024 Printmaking Camp, 2 weeks Happy Time Studio
June 2024 Monotype Workshop, 1-day Happy Time Studio
June 2024 Linocut Workshop, 2-day Happy Time Studio
April 2024 Linocut Workshop, 2-day Happy Time Studio
March 2024 Linocut Workshop, 2-day Happy Time Studio
August 2023 Printmaking Workshop, 1-day Happy Time Studio
Spring 2023 Parent-Child Printmaking Workshop, 12 weeks Happy Time Studio
Cement Roller Block Printing
In July of 2026 I was hired by the first annual Aire Craft Festival in Issaquah, Washington to design and facilitate the carving and printing of four giant wood block prints depicting whimsical circus and flight themes to celebrate the local paragliding industry and to celebrate street performance arts.
