Small Life
I feel a kinship with small animals, especially wild rabbits, crows and ravens, and am compelled to paint them. As I do when painting a person, I begin by trying to intuit the individual animal’s inner nature, and then work to capture that feeling in the painting. I use patterns of my own design to replace the animal's natural environment with an imaginary space.
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9e9511925407be7d159301bfd2052ef8ae990995a128dbeec9cefb7f12f77546/1-Rabbit-Triptych-b-LR.jpg)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0f0ab7308be50b68b1261f6b63efa8405cc3dc0b5638b053c396459592eb657c/2-Rabbit-Triptych-h-LR.jpg)
![Rabbit 2, Oil on Canvas, 4.75x13.25in/12x34cm](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/bfb86d0dc1c6aa1cd732ec87ed0129013a8ae95f4de479c4666610afed819634/3-Rabbit--2-LR.jpg)
![Raven 4, Watercolor on Paper, 4.35x8.25in/11x21cm](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/790d5b7678f6fec750fa689edc011ec2ea8dfb9de77ab970de145aaa7d0f3511/4-Raven--4-LR.jpg)
![Little Wren, Oil and Watercolor on Awagami Paper, 5.75x7in/15x18cm](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/31a006bdc343a1514e23d5746a5bb21b1f4db5d7dd9b1486891adf524777782c/5-Little-wren-LR.jpg)
![Chick 1, Oil on Board, 4x8.75in/10x22cm](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4a7f4e4b3091b069c771923f769fb2aacbcd7036ea3806b09b41eeb30145a7f2/6-Chick--1-LR.jpg)
![Rabbit 1, Gouache, Watercolor & Ink on Paper, 5x5in/13x13cm](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b4c766ecf4f6d5e6d75e0a7fac7b91bcca447dab1a5234eeed07812c51b4d6be/7-Rabbit-1-square-LR.jpg)
![Raven 1, Gouache, Watercolor & Ink on Paper, 6x6in/15x15cm](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b118b7c94aba7a4b40237261df4ffb2f37e3ec87681d042337ced88d4bd6db40/8-Raven--1-square-a-LR.jpg)
![Raven 3, Gouache, Watercolor & Ink on Paper, 8x6.1in/20x16cm](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0710f4c629384e3205c4f684faf6d6bd7e9302ada5296e063f429355227cc854/9-Raven--3-a-LR.jpg)