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Timeless Wisdom
This painting results from a powerful experience I had sitting quietly in the midst of some of the oldest geology on our planet. While staring at dramatic 165 million-year-old Jurassic-aged cliffs at Ghost Ranch, in Abiquiu, New Mexico, I kept being drawn to a hollowed-out section that seemed to contain a sculpted figure.

Fukushima Daiichi Radiation: THIS LAND IS NO-MAN'S LAND
My painting, “This Land is No-Man’s Land”, depicts a segment of destroyed and abandoned land in the Japanese Fukushima Prefecture.

NUCLEAR BULLS EYE
The artwork “Nuclear Bulls Eye” pictures a target but is in reality a nuclear reactor with some radioactive rods in the center. The otherworldly glow that I attempted to replicate with acrylic paint has a name: Cerenkov Radiation!

THE FUKUSHIMA MELTDOWNS: OUR UNFORGIVING LEGACY
This artwork illustrates radioactive rods immersed in water inside a nuclear reactor. The painting is part of my series relating to nuclear energy and especially to the alarming radioactive situation at the Fukushima Daiichi triple nuclear meltdowns in Japan.

A CRY FOR FUKUSHIMA
I have asked myself what can I do, as an artist, about the worst industrial calamity in human history – the triple meltdown of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plants. I am overwhelmed by the unprecedented scope of this disaster.

FUKUSHIMA: 30 MILLION RADIOACTIVE STORAGE BAGS
This is the fourth in my series of artwork about nuclear energy. My painting depicts only one of 30 million plastic storage bags stuffed with radioactive waste in the Fukushima area in Japan. These bags are part of a seemingly futile effort to clean up contaminated soil in the area.

NINE MILLION RADIOACTIVE FUKUSHIMA STORAGE BAGS AND COUNTING #3
The third painting in my art series about the dangers of nuclear energy took a direction of its own as the work developed. I started this canvas by creating an image of a plastic storage bag filled with radioactive waste from the Fukushima meltdown.

NINE MILLION PLASTIC BAGS AND COUNTING #2
This picture, “Nine Million Bags and Counting #2,” is my second in a series about nuclear energy. I am deeply concerned about the dangers posed by past, current and future nuclear power development and the dilemma posed by nuclear waste disposal.

NINE MILLION BAGS AND COUNTING!
In the Japanese Fukushima Prefecture you cannot help but glance around and see at least 54,000 very organized stacks holding more than 9 million neatly packed plastic storage bags. These enormous black sealed bags are filled with radioactive soil and all kinds of sizzling waste…

THERAPEUTIC ART
After surgery, and with a new titanium plate inserted into my leg, I find myself sitting almost all day because I cannot put any weight on my healing leg. This situation is affording me lots of time to be quiet; to practice patience; to help me become fully aware that I cannot control everything; to read; rest and yes, even to think about and create art!

THE ICE IS MELTING
Sometimes one is lucky to be able to catch a glimpse of nature in its raw beauty and changing face. Two years ago, while flying over Greenland, I glanced out the plane’s window and saw, through a brief opening in the cloud cover, azure-colored lakes on top of the Greenland glaciers.

PHOTOSHOPPING A PHOTO OF THE SIERRA MOUNTAINS
While flying over the beautiful Sierra Nevada mountains last week, I quickly took a photo out the window with my trusty iPhone. The stunning beauty of the sun casting pink color on the snowy mountain peaks captivated me and I was lucky to capture the view.
Today, I had a Photoshop lesson and began to digitally adjust the photo.







