"One of my first California
landscapes featured a large oak tree in the foreground. I decided to
paint a carved heart on the trunk of the tree. One day, I showed the
painting to my friend Violet Parkhurst, a well-known seascape artist.
Violet liked the heart, and suggested that I include the image in
future paintings as a symbol for my love of nature. Great idea!
Since then, I have placed one or more hidden hearts in all of my
landscape and seascape paintings. Sometimes a rough impression of the
heart shape emerges spontaneously as I paint; perhaps in a clump of
tree leaves, a pattern in a cloud, or the texture of a rock. I only
need to alter it a bit. People enjoy studying the details of my
paintings trying to find the hidden hearts. 
"I invite you to study the details of my
paintings and
find the hidden hearts!
Spirit of Yosemite – 60”
by 84”
The red circles surround some of the hidden hearts – can you find more?
Face of El Capitan
Tree
Snow Patch
Surface of Rock