Selected Works

Unifying King A near life-size wood cutout portraying a Hawaiian aliʻi, combining pyrography with handmade pigments to evoke the materials and visual...

Warrior At Peace A hand-cut wood portrait exploring the strength, discipline, and ceremony of sumo. Traditional pyrography defines the wrestler’s imposing...

Twin Dragons A large-scale composition depicting two opposing dragons in a dramatic confrontation of movement, color, and fire. Pyrography defines the...

Wo Fat Building, Chinatown Honolulu Hawaii An architectural portrait of Honolulu’s historic Wo Fat Building, capturing one of Chinatown’s most recognizable landmarks and the...

Winchester Town Square An architectural portrait of the historic Randolph County Courthouse in Winchester, Indiana, combining detailed pyrography and colored...

Sprint Car A detailed portrait of a winged sprint car celebrating the visual character and grassroots tradition of American dirt-track racing...

Tractor Pull A commissioned work celebrating the tradition of American tractor pulling and its deep roots in rural life. Detailed pyrography captures...

Ulua (Giant Trevally) A dimensional wood cutout depicting the powerful Ulua, or Giant Trevally, a species deeply associated with the tropical waters of the...

Ahi Within A monumental wood cutout exploring the relationship between predator, prey, and form through the silhouette of an ahi tuna. Smaller fish...

Koa Humpback An intimate marine portrait of a humpback whale emerging from Hawaiian waters, created directly on koa wood. Pyrography defines the whale’s...

Gliding Honu A pure pyrography study of the Hawaiian green sea turtle, shaped directly from wood to follow the natural movement of the animal. Varied...

Falconry A figurative Shapism painting capturing the charged moment between falconer and bird, reducing motion and form into angular shapes, bold...

Pueo A Shapism portrait of Hawaiʻi’s endemic short-eared owl, using fractured geometry, vivid color, and bold pattern to capture the distinctive...

Seascape A Shapism composition bringing sea and sky together through the pairing of a Hawaiian green sea turtle and reef fish, surrounded by...

Dark Horse A Shapism portrait of a dark horse set against a vivid landscape, using fractured geometry, bold outlines, and unexpected color to...

Luna Moth A Shapism study of the luna moth, contrasting its delicate natural form with a fractured geometric field of vivid blue and earthy tones.

Free Range A playful Shapism portrait of a rooster in a rural landscape, using fractured geometry, vivid color, and folk-inspired forms to celebrate...

Striped Bass A Shapism interpretation of the striped bass, contrasting the recognizable form of a prized gamefish with vivid waters, fractured geometry...

Tropical Still Life A Shapism still life of pineapple, papaya, and tropical foliage, reducing familiar organic forms into bold geometry, vivid color, and...

Salvador A Shapism portrait of Salvador Dalí, translating the surrealist master’s unmistakable features into fractured geometry, bold color, and...

Hibiscus A Shapism study of the hibiscus, transforming an iconic tropical bloom through fractured geometry, bold outlines, vivid color, and layered...

Convergence A pure Shapism abstraction in which fractured forms expand, overlap, and interlock across the canvas, using repetition and contrast to...

Interplay A pure Shapism abstraction of interlocking forms, where contrasting greens and pinks move across a deep blue field to explore rhythm...

Fractured A pure Shapism abstraction contrasting pale, cracked geometric forms against a layered field of earthen color and texture, exploring...

Impact A pure Shapism abstraction of interlocking crimson forms set against a raw, splattered field, combining rigid geometry with spontaneous...

Continuum A pure Shapism abstraction built from a single flowing geometric form, using electric blue against a metallic field to explore connection...

Entanglement A pure Shapism abstraction of interwoven geometric forms, using earthy gold against a deep green field to explore connection, tension, and...

Crosscurrents A pure Shapism abstraction of intersecting pink forms moving across a richly textured field of blue and green, exploring opposing...

Current A pure Shapism abstraction of branching turquoise forms moving through a deep green field, exploring flow, direction, and the shifting...

Catalyst One of the largest works in the Shapism series, this expansive abstraction uses interlocking crimson forms across a vivid blue field to...

Ignition A pure Shapism abstraction driven by a single interlocking form, where layered orange and rust tones push across a vivid blue field to...