Autumn Birthday, Otono Cumpleanos

October.
Turned twenty-nine a few weeks ago.  Spent my birthday weekend hiking in Berkeley Hills with one of my closest compadres.  I loved every moment of it.

I took these photographs for inspiration--a source, a point of reference for my abstract paintings.  How I see the earth during this reflective time of year seems to have surfaced in these images.

I used to say to people, If I could marry autumn, I would.  Laughter was the predominate response.  Never knowing exactly how I could explain or describe this sentiment to others, I think I may finally have found a way.