Floodplain 24" x 48" on silver metal leaf on cradled birch

​"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

Valley Mist 12" x 12" on metal leaf on cradled birch panel Currently in MSAG Small Works show June 2023

Olympic Sunset SOLD 24" x24" on metal leaf on cradled birch panel

Refuge SOLD 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

Spring Flow 20" x 20" on silver leaf on 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

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

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

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

Ocean Kaleidoscope 12" x 12" on gold metal leaf on 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

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

Take Me to the Mountains SOLD 12" x 12"

Beyond 12" x 12" on gold colored metal leaf on cradled birch panel. Currently in MSAG Small Works Show June 2023

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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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