The trip that had me sleeping next to bear prints... also made me fall in love with the Lost Coast. So I went back: solo, car camping, three more days of painting. #LostCoastTrail #SeaOtter #PleinAirPainting #SoloHiking #WildernessArt #AbstractLandscape

Light shafts, shifting shadows, Yellow hills flash with green Deeply pooling dark coexists with bright Transcendent Cleft, 2025 Oil on Canvas 40 x 12 x 6 in / 101 x 20 x 15 cm #AbstractLandscape #Sculpture #LandscapeSculpture #OilPainting #ContemporaryLandscape

Finishing some work means cracking out the camera, and setting the studio up for photography. New work is up on the website! #ArtistLife #ArtStudio #AbstractLandscape #Sculpture #AbstractSculpture

Hundreds of winds. No shortcuts. This is how a tendril is born — one pass of waxed thread at a time. The sculpture isn't finished yet, but I wanted you to see the part that is. 🧵 #ProcessArt #SculptureInProgress #SlowStitching #ArtistLife #MixedMediaArt #HandmadeArt #StudioProcess #AbstractSculpture

Super excited to be getting ready for 4 days backpacking the Grand Canyon of the Tuolumne. Excited for the hike and to make some art in this amazing place. #Yosemite #AbstractLandscape #ArtLife #CreativeProcess #ContemporaryLandscape

At Mattole Beach, the wind, fog and sand didn’t just interrupt the painting. They became part of it. Full story of this drawing trip is up on my YouTube channel. Link in bio. #pleinairpainting #landscapeart #natureinspiredart #lostcoast

It grew! Making progress on 'Antipodean Ephemera' (detail view) #AbstractLandscape #ContemporarySculpture #SculptureStudio #CreativeProcess #WildernessArt

I had hoped to spend the day painting Lord Howe Island, but the rain arrived first. Perhaps that’s the joy of painting outdoors: you don’t just paint a place—you paint the moment you were there. #LordHoweIsland #PleinAirPainting #AbstractLandscapePainting #NatureInspiredArt

Skerry Color Study, 2026 Oil on canvas Exploring the colors and shapes of the rocky islands and the cool gray sea off the coast near Seward in Alaska Marshall Islands, Alaska #Alaska #AbstractArt #AbstractLandscape #MindfulTravel #OilPainting

There, sitting on a fence post above the ocean, was a red-shouldered hawk. The rust, orange, and brown patterning of its feathers stayed with me. I had to translate it into abstract marks. #AbstractPainting #AbstractLandscapePainting #Wildlife #ArtistLife #RedShoulderedHawk #CaliforniaCoastalTrail

Moss Color Study, 2026 Oil and acrylic on paper Sunlight shafts. Quiet underfoot. No bears. Kodiak Island, Alaska #Alaska #AbstractArt #AbstractLandscape #MindfulTravel #OilPainting

You don’t expect glaciers to be so colourful. But they are. Magically so. I wasn’t trying to reproduce the glacier. I was responding to its colour, texture, and immense presence. The sketch carries the memory. #Iceland #Glacier #AbstractArt #PleinAirPainting #MindfulTravel #Sketchbook

I've been working on a series of color studies based on my documentation from my recent trip to Kenai Peninsula and Kodiak Island. The glow of light on moss The teal of deep glacier ice The bright green of spring buds #AlaskaWildlife #abstractlandscape #conservation #artprocess #colorstudies

I walked the Hartz Mountain landscape as a child and felt their magic — but I didn't have words for it. Coming back as an artist shifted things. Full Story: youtu.be/6Ol2_jojplE?... #pleinairpainting #lifeaftercorporate #abstractlandscapepainting #pleinairartist #Tasmania #artistlife #slowliving

I've been working on a series of abstract charcoal drawings based on my recent trip to Alaska. In these drawings I'm exploring texture and shape to trigger inspiration for sculptural works. #AbstractLandscape #ArtStudio #charcoal #Drawing #WildernessArt

I sat at Ned's Beach on Lord Howe Island and opened my sketchbook — and something about it felt unexpectedly important. The full story of this trip is on YouTube: youtu.be/SblhjHXBI-w?... #pleinair #lordhoweisland #wildplaces #artistlife #abstractlandscapeart #pleinairsketching

Meanwhile this - not yet named - sculpture/painting hybrid is slowly evolving in the studio. #AbstractLandscape #AbstractArt #Sculpture #Contemporary #Sculpture #SculptureStudio

This sketch wasn't painted in the mountains. It was made later that day from memory. From the feeling of ancient peaks pressing through low cloud in Hartz Mountains, Tasmania. I make work for people who carry wild places with them. #AbstractLandscape #ArtforChange #ClimateArt #ClimateChange #EcoArt

Fresh on the studio wall: Luminous Surrender, 2026 Oil on Paper 30 x 22.5 in / 76 x 57 cm Inspired by Mount Gower glowing in the sunset on magnificent Lord Howe Island #AbstractLandscape #LordHoweIsland #ContemporaryLandscape #OilPainting #Painting

Each color in this painting represents a different bodily memory - the lagoon, the forest trail, Mount Gower glowing at sunset. This is what plein air means to me. #LordHowIsland #ArtistLife #PaintingProcess #AbstractLandscape #PleinAir

Making good progress adding some sculptural elements to this 'painting'. Maybe I'll get this finished this week! #AbstractLandscape #OilPainting #ContemporaryLandscape #WorkInProgress

Every fold of this sculpture takes me back to the south coast of Oregon.The waterfall at Secret Beach, the sound of the ocean roiling against the rocks — every bend in this sculpture holds a memory of that place. #AbstractLandscape #OregonCoast #OregonTravel #WorkinProgress #Sculpture

Painted while camping at Mattole Beach during a 4 day drawing trip. Stream, 2026 Ink and Watercolor on Paper 14 x 12 in / 35 x 30 in #AbstractLandscape #PleinAirPainting #ContemporaryLandscape #LostCoast #Watercolor

WIP on a painting that is teetering on the brink of being turned into a sculpture. What do you think? Push forward with the painting or convert? #ArtLife #ArtProcess #WorkInProgress #Creative #Painter

The process of creating my oil pastel sketch 'Aialik'. We kayaked to Aialik Glacier through thick, silvery fog. #OilPastelLandscape #PleinAirSketching #Alaska #AialikGlacier #KenaiFjordNationalPark

Alaska Sketchbook: Exit Glacier, Kenai Fjords National Park, Alaska We hiked 2 miles straight up to reach the side of Exit Glacier, where I stopped to paint this sketch. #AbstractLandscape #Watercolor #PleinAirArt #SketchingOutdoors #Alaska

Berm, 2026 Watercolor, ink and gouache on paper 14 x 10 inches / 35 x 25 cm Painted on location on Mattole Beach #AbstractLandscape #Watercolor #PleinAirArt #SketchingOutdoors #LostCoast

Long daylight hours means more time for sketching. We lucked in on the first day with glorious weather, perfect for sketching on the beach until late. The evening was so beautiful it almost felt wrong to look down at the page. #AbstractLandscape #KodiakIsland #PleinAir #Alaska #Watercolor

Returning from a hike I went on to Hartz Pass in the Hartz Mountains in Lutrawita/Tasmania recently, I began a series of preparatory charcoal sketches, that I've now started to develop into sculptural works. #ContemporarySculpture #AbstractLandscape #Sculpture #CharcoalSketch #ArtistStudio

Making work in the studio means stepping back into a specific time and place in the wild, to re-experience it as I create the work. #Sketching #HartzMountains #ArtStudio #Painting #AbstractLandscape