San Diego Nocturne- for sale

The night the laundry room flooded. We live in an old Spanish style building with lots of patios and outdoor living spaces. I thought the water was so beautiful running out the laundry room door and along the tiles.

Pencil drawing of Hillcrest- buy now

I drew this over breakfast this AM on the patio tables at Einstein’s Bagels in Hillcrest. This is the Pinkberry. Halfway through the drawing someone came and parked a gigantic pickup truck right in front of me. I had to keep standing up and peering over its enormity to finish the drawing.

I’d intended to do a watercolor painting this morning, but the cap had come off my pen inside my bag and it dried out. And though the art store is just across the street, it stubbornly did not open in time to buy a new pen. So I worked in graphite.

Highways & High Rises- for sale

A plein air painting of Mission Valley in San Diego. I guess technically speaking, the closest “highway” is actually the Trolley tracks.

Hillcrest Watercolor- buy now

Painted over breakfast on an overcast Sunday in Hillcrest- at Whole Foods Market.

Spring Forward at the Kensington Cafe- for sale

Painted over morning coffee on the patio at Starbucks in the San Diego neighborhood of Kensington. It’s a really nice area.

There were great views in all directions, including a stunning Sixties Functional gas station and a Modernist library with trees growing through the architecture. I didn’t paint the library though; I got too discombobulated from Spring Forward. I’ll have to go back.

While I am primarily an oil painter, I love the immediacy of completing a loose pen and ink sketch highlighted with watercolor.

At this point, I think I’m going to have to call this a series: Sunday at Starbucks.

Golden Hill Watercolor – buy now

Painted over morning coffee out the window of Starbucks in Golden Hill. Eventually I moved out onto the patio, since it was a beautiful February morning.