Spring 12" x 12" acrylic on metal leaf on cradled birch panel

​“Combining the shimmer and luminescence of metal leaf with paint, these paintings hover somewhere between abstract and realistic.  Inspired by the incredible oceans, rivers, and mountains of the Pacific Northwest, these interpretations use multiple layers -- texture, metal leaf, paint, glazing, and varnish. My desire is to create contemporary works with multiple levels of engagement -- beauty of place as well as of color, composition, and texture.”    -- JM

Refuge - 12" x !2" on gold leaf covered cradled birch panel

Flow Motion SOLD 12" x 12" acrylic on metal leaf on cradled birch panel

Outpouring 20" x 20" acrylic on metal leaf over cradled birch panel

Pacific Coast - 12" x 36" on metal leaf/deep cradled birch panel

Sky at my Feet 12" x 36" on metal leaf/deep cradled birch panel

Wild River SOLD 12" x 12" on silver metal leaf/cradled birch panel

detail from Wild River

Sky Fire SOLD 20" x 20" on metal leaf/cradled birch panel

Golden Thread 12" x 12" acrylic on metal leaf over cradled birch panel

Copper Dusk 12" x 12" on metal leaf/cradled birch panel

detail from Copper Dusk

Snowmelt SOLD 12" x 24" on metal leaf/deep cradled birch panel

White Water SOLD 12" x 12" on silver leaf covered cradled birch panel

Lead me to Baker SOLD 12" x 12" on metal leaf covered cradled birch panel

The River Wild SOLD 12" x 12" on silver leaf covered cradled birch panel

Silhouette SOLD 10" x 10" on rose gold covered birch panel

Gratitude SOLD 20" x 20" on metal leaf/cradled birch panel

River Run 12" x 24" SOLD on silver leaf/deep cradled birch panel

Evening Gold 12" x 12" SOLD on gold leaf/cradled birch panel

Sea Song SOLD 20" x 20" on silver leaf covered cradled birch panel

River Dance SOLD 10" x 10" on silver leaf covered birch panel

Flow SOLD 12" x 12" on silver leaf covered cradled birch panel

Vista SOLD 10" x 10" on gold leaf covered birch panel

Take Me to the Mountains SOLD 12" x 12"

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     "Life is this simple: we are living in a world that is absolutely transparent
and the divine is shining through it all the time."    –Thomas Merton

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