I create and illustrate stories, paintings, prints and cards.

SF Home

Home is not where you were born; home is where all your attempts to escape cease. – Naguib Mahfouz

I love you more than coffee,

but not always before coffee.

Big Wave

The sea, once it casts its spell, holds one in its net of wonder forever. – Jacques Cousteau

No Rushin’ on the Russian

The river said to itself, There is no hurry. We shall get there some day. – A. A. Milne

My Day in Napa

A bottle of wine contains more philosophy than all the books in the world. – Louis Pasteur

Great Blue Heron in Sausalito

What's SUP and What's Down

Life is a journey, not a destination. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

I Love California

Life without love is like a tree without blossoms or fruit. – Khalil Gibran

Skateboarding San Francisco

The moment you doubt whether you can fly, you cease forever to be able to do it. – Peter Pan, J. M. Barrie

On the Lookout for the Great Pumpkin

I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be. – Douglas Adams

Walkin’ The Dog

If you don’t have a dog – at least one – there is not necessarily anything wrong with you, but there may be something wrong with your life. – Vincent van Gogh

Snowbirder

To appreciate the beauty of a snowflake it is necessary to stand out in the cold. – Unknown

Weathering The Storm

Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars. – Khalil Gibran

Oh! I forgot.

To err is human, to forgive divine. – Alexander Pope

Climb Mt. Tam

The mountains are calling and I must go. – John Muir

Golden Gate Bridge to Paradise

Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving. – Albert Einstein

Joy is a Redwood Tree and a Bicycle

No one has ever successfully painted or photographed a redwood tree. The feeling they produce is not transferable. From them comes silence and awe. – John Steinbeck

Hello Berkeley. Hello Bear.

Bridgeway to San Francisco

San Francisco is the only city I can think of that can survive all the things you people are doing to it and still look beautiful.— – Frank Lloyd Wright

Moo Too Sonoma

Moo may represent an idea, but only the cow knows. – Mason Cooley

Surf Stinson Beach

When life gives you rough waves, surf’em. – Duke Kahanamoku

Petaluma Chickens

I dream of a better tomorrow, where chickens can cross the road and not be questioned about their motives. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

Perfectly Imperfect

Good enough is good enough. Perfect will make you a big fat mess every time. – Rebecca Wells

ZoOm Yoga

Habibi

One day you will ask me which is more important? My life or yours? I will say mine and you will walk away not knowing that you are my life. – Khalil Gibran

The Gift

We are born of love; love is our mother. – Rumi

Man of the Sea

My big fish must be somewhere. – Ernest Hemingway

Big Catch

The charm of fishing is that it is the pursuit of what is elusive but attainable, a perpetual series of occasions for hope. – John Buchan

Presence is Presents

The meaning of life is to find your gift. The purpose of life is to give it away. – Pablo Picasso

Happy Spring Robot

Civilized Robot

Great is the fortune of he (or she) who possesses a good bottle, a good book, and a good friend. – Molière

Robot and Red Balloon

Nobody can be uncheered with a balloon – A.A. Milne

The Thinker

Life is a tragedy to those who feel and a comedy to those who think. – Molière

Even Elephant Reads on the Potty

If you only read the books that everyone else is reading, you can only think what everyone else is thinking. – Haruki Murakami

Blast Off

Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known. – Carl Sagan

Lost in Space

The universe is a pretty big place. If it's just us, seems like an awful waste of space. – Carl Sagan

The Beast

Is It Organic?

Nothing will benefit human health and increase chances for survival of life on Earth as much as the evolution to a vegetarian diet. – Albert Einstein

West Coast Santa

A wonderful bird is the Pelican. His beak can hold more than his belly can. – Dixon Lanier Merritt

Santa Meets Santa

Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another, ‘What! You too? I thought I was the only one.’ – C.S. Lewis