I am an artist and writer living in Summer Lake, a very small town in the Oregon high desert. It is situated in a valley covered with marshes, ponds, and artesian springs on the eastern slopes of the Oregon Cascades. I specialize in painterly wildlife compositions accompanied by poetry, stories and creative essays. I am assembling materials for a book which I am allowing to take shape organically as I explore various artistic mediums. This is a labor of love and expression of appreciation for the natural world. Maybe a publisher or collaborator out there...more