WaterMarks

WaterMarks grew out of a return to painting after a long time away from it. After years of work, travel, and other responsibilities pushing creative work to the margins, watercolor found its way back in—not through any grand plan, but because it was easy to carry, easy to set up, and easy to bring along.

Over time, the medium itself became part of the attraction. Watercolor rewards looseness, punishes overworking, and often produces its best moments when control is surrendered just enough to let the paint do some of the work. Learning to work with it became less about precision and more about observation, trust, and knowing when to stop.

The collection draws heavily from lived experience: rivers paddled, wildlife encountered, places explored, changing weather, photographs taken in passing, and moments that refused to leave quietly afterward. Some paintings stay close to their reference images. Others drift into memory, experimentation, or imagination. What connects them is a simple desire to pay attention and see what happens when an observation becomes a painting.

These pieces are not intended as documentary records or strict realism. They are responses—to a place, a person, a river, a trip, or sometimes simply a passing curiosity. Together they form a visual journal of things noticed, remembered, and carried forward.