Crown of Thorns

30" x 24"

These oil paintings are the first of a series of paintings about the 30,000-acre wildfire that ravaged Southern California in October 2007. The paintings illustrate the effect of fire on the native chaparral and represent recovery and re-birth following adversity.

Lift Off

30" x 15"

Torched

 16" x 20"

Shadow Cactus

16" x 20"

                       Prickly Pear

                         19" x 16"

                      Emergence

                       24" x 18"