Miniature & Detailed Works
Small panels demand slow, close work. Each of these pieces is painted on a cradled wood panel or gessoboard between 3×3 and 5×5 inches, using fine-tipped brushes and multiple thin layers of acrylic. The scale forces a certain quietness — subjects become intimate rather than imposing.
Dried Botanicals No. 4
Acrylic on cradled wood panel · 4×4 in
Dried lavender and seedheads painted in warm neutrals against an off-white ground. The kind of thing you hang near a kitchen window or above a bathroom shelf.
Hillside at Dusk
Acrylic on gessoboard · 3×5 in
Low light over a rolling hillside — cobalt and raw sienna layered until the sky has depth. Ships in a simple maple float frame.
The Open Book
Acrylic on paper, mounted · 3×3 in
A small homage to reading — an open book with a rosemary sprig, painted on 300gsm watercolor paper and mounted on a 4×4 inch panel ready to hang.
Animals & Chinese Zodiac
The zodiac series uses bold acrylic colour with strong graphic outlines — part folk art, part contemporary painting. Each animal is on a 10×10 or 12×12 inch stretched canvas. The colour palette for each is tied to the animal's traditional associations: the tiger gets deep orange and black; the rabbit gets soft celadon and gold; the dragon gets crimson, jade, and a gold-leaf accent in the eye. These are meant to be hung solo or clustered — they hold a wall on their own but also work in groups of three or four.
Tiger — Year of the Tiger
Acrylic on stretched canvas · 12×12 in
Strong orange, deep black stripes, and a white ground that keeps it from going heavy. Gold-leaf accent on the eye. One of the most requested in the zodiac series.
Rooster — Year of the Rooster
Acrylic on stretched canvas · 10×10 in
Crimson comb, gold-tipped tail feathers, a dark teal ground. The rooster is traditionally associated with punctuality and confidence, which this one has in abundance.
Horse — Year of the Horse
Acrylic on stretched canvas · 12×12 in
A looser piece than the others in the series. The horse is painted mid-gallop, mane abstracted into calligraphic sweeps of burnt umber and ivory. Motion without fuss.
Abstract & Colour Studies
These are the biggest canvases in the studio — 12×16 to 18×24 inches. The approach is exploratory: colour is built up slowly over multiple sessions, sometimes with a palette knife, sometimes with tissue paper pressed into wet paint to create texture that catches the light differently at different times of day. Many of these start with a reference (a landscape, a fabric, the inside of a geode) and move away from it until only the feeling remains. They suit rooms that need a single strong visual statement rather than a collection of smaller things.
Warm Ground No. 7
Acrylic on canvas · 16×20 in
Layered burnt sienna, titanium white, and charcoal. Palette-knife texture in the lower third gives it real physical depth. Photographed here but quite different in person. The surface catches light at an angle.
Still Water Study
Acrylic and cold wax on canvas · 18×24 in
Started as a reference to light on a lake surface; ended somewhere quieter. Prussian blue, viridian, and a thin glaze of transparent oxide that gives the shadows their warmth. Cold wax medium in the mid-tones.