What do I mean by “Batik Style”? This is a process where paper is left unpainted in areas, the image is painted then saturated with ink. Later it is scrubbed under water. Half the paintings treated this way are ruined. But if they survive the ink and the scrubbing underwater, they become one-of-a-kind with a beautiful distressed look. To me, it represents my outlook on life. Like so many of us, I have had life crises that left my future uncertain. Yet like these paintings, as I have yielded to God in the darkness (ink) and the drowning (submersion and cleansing) I find that I become unique and beautiful as well!




Batik style Gouache, acrylic and ink on 300lb watercolor paper.
Celebrating the Famous Kenai River in Alaska (A silver and red salmon and a Grayling)









