"I am endlessly inspired by the incredible oceans, rivers, and mountains, of the Pacific Northwest. Using multiple layers, I combine the shimmer and luminescence of metal leaf with paint, texture, glazing, and varnish to create the unique interpretations you see here. Ever changing as light and viewing direction change, these dynamic paintings provide multiple levels of engagement - beauty of place, impressions of movement, as well as intensified perceptions of light. Sometimes leaning more abstract and sometimes more realistic, all are an acknowledgement of my smallness in the face of the greatness, beauty, and vastness of the creator and this world we call home." -- JM
"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
and the divine is shining through it all the time." –Thomas Merton