A glowing hand holds an espresso cup which a coffea arabica plant grows out of, representative of our connection to plants.
This custom painted wood sign was created for a local family-owned Hawaiian restaturant in my neighborhood. It's a blend of tropical and Californian style plants and pays homage to the old retro neon diner signs with the white outline around the letters. My client told me to "go wild" which is music to an artist's ears.
This backyard mural was painted during Spring 2023, inspired by abundant local wildflowers blossoming after record-setting rainfall. They are my favorite flower, Golden/California poppies, the California State Flower. As with a lot of my work, it is inspired by ecological interactions. With this in mind, I included one of the main pollinators of this plant, honey bees.
Coffee Cycle Roasting is a sustainably-sourced, bike-friendly cafe in Pacific Beach, San Diego. The mural depicts a coffee plant which matches the previous mural I painted here in 2019 of a tiger with coffee plant and poppies. It is a simple design that was made to compliment the existing space.
This exterior mural was painted at an apartment complex in San Diego to serve as a welcoming entrance for people to the property. The client requested two tigers playing in water, plants, and this text.
This entryway mural depicting aloe vera plants was painted at a house in Bend, OR. It was designed to work with the existing teal accent wall, and I liked the calming organic shapes of plants juxtaposed with the jagged leaves. Aloe vera also holds significance to my friends because it was a prominent plant at their wedding venue.
Coffee Cycle is a coffeeshop located in the Pacific Beach neighborhood of San Diego. I designed a piece that is less-detailed on the back wall that would look clean from far way. I wanted it to also match the surrounding environment, white walls with burlap sacks that also had linocut-style designs. I saw an illustration of a coffee plant online and immediately thought of the yin and yang symbol, and that the shape of a tiger would pair well with the plant. The borders are my favorite flowers, poppies. The fruit of the plant was replaced with espresso beans.
This colorful mural was done for San Diego Cyclery, formerly called Pacific Beach Bikes and is the first mural I painted. I created a vibrant design that fits the vibe of a bike shop in a beach town. I juxtaposed the geometric shapes of bike chainrings with the organic shapes of mostly tropical plants and flowers.
This design was printed on a banner for San Diego Audubon Society's Bird Festival. I came up with the idea of a giant coloring page mural that will be available for guests to color in with washable markers, which allows the organization to reuse in future events. I tried to capture the diversity and spirit of local birding.
Species that are found in this homeowner's yard are some of the many plant and animal species that are featured in this entryway mural. The request was for a mural in a style similar to my Web of Life series, with subtle colors.
This mural was designed in partnership with the nonprofit San Diego River Park Foundation for River Refresh Day. Volunteers painted in the designs I outlined within 3 hours. The wood panels highlight native flora and fauna that also call the place home.
This mural was designed in partnership with the nonprofit I Love a Clean San Diego for Coastal Cleanup Day, the largest annual volunteer event in California. Within 3 hours, volunteers at this YMCA Camp in Imperial Beach brought this mural to life, after I had painted in the outlines with help from my Dad (thanks, Dad!). I created a simple design which didn't require blending and suited the site, a YMCA surf camp with a lot of other activities including skateboarding.
This 100'+ mural was painted at a private residence's yard in La Mesa. The client request was for a sunset desert scene with Joshua trees. Silhouettes of different desert plants such as Ocotillo, yucca cactus, and primarily Joshua are depicted, along with appearances of a few desert animals.
Client Feedback: "Neighbors are talking, the mailman stopped over, and the sales guy for the deck brought his wife by...All to see your mural!"
This exterior mural is at a vacation rental in Pacific Beach. The client wanted bright colors with some pink. It was fun to get out of my normal color palette with these bright, bold teal and blues, pink and yellow. The hot pink and yellow were selected to match the lemon and hibiscus trees.
Tourmaline beach is a Leilani's Cafe customer favorite surf spot nearby. This painting was designed with the space in mind - it needed to fill a large wall and have room for a couch beneath it. Painting a landscape was a lot different from my other murals.
