Three decades of staring down blank pages until they give in and inspire me. Portland’s TAG—Talented and Gifted, —cracked me open in high school; fluorescent-lit murals became my first confessions. Chemeketa and beyond kept the conversation going, turpentine thick in the air.

I’ve illustrated kids’ books, owned a gallery—The Third Easel—in Stayton, Oregon, stacking canvases like promises.

Appalachia took over next. Boopher Arts Studio breathes in these mountains—custom paintings, portraits that stop people dead in their steps, classes where a quiet kid turns teal into thunder, talking about art that feels like sermons.

Still... every stroke just peels back another layer. There’s always one more waiting.

                                                          Artist Statement

  The world never stops talking—if you listen hard enough every leaf has a story. I turn that chatter into color, into line, into people staring straight back at you. Faces: I can’t leave them alone. Because no two sit the same way in the light. I try to get past the nose and the mouth, get right inside what they’re not saying.

When I teach, it isn’t about thumbs or foreshortening first. It’s about telling the beginner that the wobbly stick figure still has breath. Let the line live a while—then we’ll sharpen its bones. High-quality tools stay cheap if the hand behind them believes it matters.

I’m building a quiet little insurgency—paint sets in church basements, demos under porch bulbs, classes where the coffee’s weak and the breakthrough’s strong. If you ever want to see what I see, grab a brush. I’ll meet you in the middle. Thanks for looking, and... God bless

*The infinite essence of people and nature. I’m driven to capture the divine."           ~Nathaniel Brown