Sea stacks

Sea stacks are a testament of the earth’s ability of endurance.  Rocks that have been slowly forced into shape by melting back into the land granule by granule.  Are these rocks the remains of the skeletal structure from a land only divided by time?  Our own bodies will decay in this manner.

Yes, we love the new babies, puppies and the cleanliness that involves the recent; but there is something to be said for the tree that is in the backyard before there was a back yard.  The old vine that has climbed the post only to become stronger than its trainer emits its wisdom and perseverance.

A design should come from a creator’s environment as much as it does the creator’s mind.
The Three Graces
Tillamook Bay, OR

Steel Bridge

Portland's Steel Bridge.

Designed by the Architecture Firm Waddell and Harrington.

Opened: 1912

Mule Deer

I am trying to put up some things that have been an inspiration to me in regards of the element of design.  I truly believe that we take all ideas from nature in one way or another.  I don't believe that my study could truly be underway without a basis built on the greatest architect of all. Nature.
Mule Deer Skull

Portland Foursquare

Ye old Portland four square home in need of some touching up.

Japanese Garden

No one does ambiance quite like the Japanese culture.  Inside and out there is always a feeling of flow and serenity.
Portland Japanese Garden Walkways