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The indomitable nature of salmon reaching their home waters isa testament that may well be a rare site our children may never see if things don't change. Salmon migration is one of the wonders of nature we in the Pacific Northwest have had the privilege to see and experience. Born in native rivers of the northwest, migrating to the ocean on a perilous 4 year journey in the Pacific to distant waters as far as Japan, returning to the very rivers they were born in the Northwest and Alaska, surviving predators, commercial fishermen, native american fishing rights polluted waters and now the implications of climate change.

I paint on location a lot using canvas as a camera. Plein air painting is the zen of painting. It is being in the moment. It is a light poem reflecting creation from the mirror of a single soul. Light stopped in the fabric of time, becoming material. Starlight caught in the web of earth's karma on the eternal path of existence. I work en plein air daily as a gardener works his garden, in contrast to my studio work which is a reflection of what I've found most significant in those daily efforts. It usually has to do with light and substance. Light is the substance of the universe from which all is derived. It is a marvelous yet challenging privilege to be a painter. I love painting en plein air. It is a method that reflects today's world...