A friend recently asked me about my creative process. I had never given it much thought, and writing about it has been enlightening: there is a method to the madness I never noticed. Here is what I discovered: The Design…
My work is loving the world. Here the sunflowers, there the hummingbird- equal seekers of sweetness. Here the quickening yeast, there the blue plums. Here the clam deep in the speckled sand. Are my boots old? Is my coat torn?…
Last month, the 49ers hired me to design a school mural that celebrated a new STEM lab and program that the 49ers Community Foundation and Chevron have set up at Cabrillo Middle School in Santa Clara, California. I painted the…
“South City Strong” Mural South City is thriving, and it has a new star player. Armstrong Brewing is four guys and a gal who got together and decided to put their money on Nick Armstrong’s brewing talents. His talents are…
A Hide and Seek Mural at Covington About 30 interested students from the graduating 6th grade class from Covington Elementary School in Los Altos met with me during their lunch hour to design a mural that would be their legacy…
The reason I went to Portland, Oregon to paint a mural at the World Forestry Center Discover Museum was because of Eric Vines. Eric is the Executive Director of the World Forestry Center. I met him at a conference in…
When I moved to Los Altos, and inquired with neighborhood families about the local middle school, Egan Junior High, the responses were oddly consistent: “Oh, it’s awesome.” Whether I was asking the child or the parent, the response was invariably…
When Annett Inacker called me up and told me about her elaborate plan to create a whole mural series that included the walls and playground at Bubb Elementary School in Mountain View, California I thought, “Wow. She’s ambitious.” When she…
I am sure when the street was named, View Street it offered a lovely view of the hills. 109 years after it was built, the home of George Henry and Denise McNamara home’s only view was onto the back of…
I have a handful of consistent clients that help keep me in business. I call them “Hall of Fame” clients. The regulars. As in, “I don’t know what we’re going to do yet, but put me down in your schedule…