Large-Scale Plein Air Nomadic Exploration

What a privilege it is to suffer for what I love

My work is built through direct engagement with the landscape — painting large-scale pieces on location throughout Washington State. Working outdoors in unpredictable conditions allows me to construct layered, immersive environments that balance structure, abstraction, and depth.

People viewing and discussing colorful landscape paintings in an art gallery with wood floors and track lighting.

Showings

A colorful painting of a forest scene on a large canvas, featuring trees, ferns, and dense foliage in vibrant blues, greens, and yellows, displayed outdoors on an easel painted plein air among ferns and trees in Skagit valley

Recent Work

Plein Air: To paint outside in open air and light.

Each canvas is born outdoors, painted on location in the rivers, mountains, and forests of the Pacific Northwest. Living nomadically, I carry my work into these places — camping for days at a time, letting weather, light, and silence push their way into the painting.

My Process

Commissions/Inquiry

A man with sunglasses and a beard standing outdoors next to an abstract painting of a large tree. The painting depicts the tree with colorful, textured brushstrokes and reflections on water. The man is wearing a tan jacket, black hoodie, gray pants,

Person dressed in black with a face covering, kneeling in a forest next to a colorful painting of a forest scene on an easel.

Open trunk of a vehicle with a makeshift bed setup inside, illuminated by a lantern, with a campfire burning nearby on a dark night.

Red ATV on a rocky dirt trail in a desert landscape with sparse vegetation and cacti, under a clear blue sky.

Camping scene with a portable stove cooking bacon-wrapped hot dogs, a plate of hot dog buns, and condiments on a black table, overlooking a scenic mountain valley at sunset.

Interior of a vehicle converted into a sleeping and entertainment space with pink and purple lighting, a mattress with pillows and blankets, a mounted large TV, and a relaxing dog lying on a blanket.

A silver minivan parked on a mountain overlook with a camping setup including a grill, chairs, and supplies, surrounded by pine trees with mountain peaks in the background under a clear sky.

Inside the back of a van, containing two large blue water containers with taps, a table, various fabric items, a bag, and some bedding on the floor.

Red all-terrain vehicle (ATV) on a rocky dirt trail in a desert landscape with mountains, sparse vegetation, and a clear blue sky.

A silver station wagon parked on a snow-covered dirt road surrounded by tall green pine trees in a forest landscape.

Sunlight filters through tall pine trees onto a rocky stream with a fallen log, with a white vehicle parked among bushes on the right side in a forested area.

Open car trunk at a camping site in the woods, with art supplies and gear inside, next to a small campfire with rocks and a axe, and a colorful large scale plein air abstract painting leaning against the car.

An artist's painting set up outdoors on rocky ground, with a table holding art supplies, a canvas of a colorful landscape, and palm trees in the background under a cloudy sky during late afternoon or early evening.

An outdoor scene featuring a colorful painting of a forested coastline with a bear in the foreground and driftwood, trees, and rocks in the background. The painting is set on an easel on a pebble surface, next to a small light source.