In the deeps of night, drenched in firelight and harmonica, he pauses. His mind slows, quiets.

A tribe of shamans rises from the flames of yesterday, a direct link to the first fires and the earliest courageous explorations into wild interiors.

In this silent pause, light and dark frolic. It is rapture, ecstasy, divinity-just-so. A simple and profound gratitude saturates the thick air, permeates flesh and soul, and the heart blooms wildly.

18″ x 11″

Oil stick on wood panel.

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Liberation Economics asked me to paint my “view of wealth and abundance”. Contemplating this on a gorgeous summer day, this is what I saw…

18″ x 11″

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With all that’s happening in the world at large – politically, economically, environmentally – I still wake in the morning, a natural hope shimmering in my awareness. I am so grateful for all that is Good in this world.

24″ x 18″

Oil stick on wood panel.

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Golden light of a freshly hatched dawn. Warm kiss of the morning sun. Melodious song of delicate birds, who miraculously evolved from gargantuan dinosaurs. How can I not fall in love, again, again, and again?

24″ x 18″

Oil stick on wood panel.

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I walked out my door, down the tree-shrouded lane, past the thorned rosebush, glance up, and – there he was, watching me, attentively, silently, taking me in. The crow cocked his head, and I could see everything with crystal clarity, not through the eyes in my head, but through the eyes of Spirit, the witness of everything that ever is, was, and will be.

24″ x 18″

Oil stick on wood panel.

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“Singing in Spring”

Blossoms are thick in my neighborhood, their aroma rich and sweet, and the red-winged blackbirds are nesting in the marshy stretch a few hundred yards from my urban studio. While these feisty birds look over their clutches, my own kids are growing, and their laughter brings me such joy. Spring is here, and my world is singing with it’s call.

Upon completing this painting, it was once again Walt Whitman who whispered a title in my ear…

48″ x 36″

Oil stick on wood panel.

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Today, I take a stand. In this ever-fluxing field of endless and unique expression (the crying and happy children and their cooing mothers, the soldiers with their gaze on the horizon, the cat chasing the meadow vole, the fox frolicking with the raven, the crow lifting to the skies), the fundamental unity and Source shimmers.

I am Thou. Two, and not-two. I swoon, feeling you here, everywhere, and take a draught of cool air into my lungs, so I might stand tall with the divine pride that you have instilled in me. We raise the flags, we sound the call, we begin the journey afresh in this moment, in every moment. I vow to love in the only way I can love, when surrendered to you: fully and fiercely, as lovers do.

48″ x 36″

Oil stick on wood panel.

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The fox and the raven have been pitted against one another for centuries (in fables from Europe, the Arctic, and beyond, if not in nature). And no wonder – they both exemplify an intelligence that is both curious/playful and deliciously clever. I’ve been seeing a lot of foxes and ravens lately, and felt compelled to bring them together, on a breezy hill, where light and dark mingle. A moment where none want (there is plenty of cheese), and we can see beyond the masks and roles, to our common source and nature – if only for a moment, before we reassume our masks, and play out our mythic roles…

48″ x 24″

Oil stick on wood panel.

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Who I am in this moment, is not necessarily who I will be in the next. I am pulled – sometimes gently, other times ferociously – to “unroll”, always as everpresent Spirit, and Spirit becoming. I sometimes experience this as a surge that pushes forth, a dragon-force, rolling outward into space and time, with great vitality, creativity, and love.

18″ x 48″

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This painting is a reincarnation of a 2009 painting (”Purification via Love”), which I painted over:

“Involvere”

Boundless spirit, condensed into form, and breathed into life. It happens at conception, and birth, and in every moment thereafter – this moment, and this, and this, with every beat of my heart, every pulse and every pause, I am rolled up, and then borne into being…

18″ x 48″

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