Morning glory vines draped on a fence in a sun-splashed Hillcrest alley. I do a lot of paintings of San Diego, and I especially enjoy out-of-the-way places like this one, with a strange cantilevered house festooned with flowers.
Our San Diego neighborhood- Hillcrest- is an eclectic mix of early 20th century house styles. I love this one, an Art Deco/ Mission Revival combination.
Morning glory vines with blue and purple flowers twine up utility lines in a Santa Barbara back yard.
Santa Barbara painting is for sale.
I love the soaring lines on the gable. It’s a great old house.
San Diego Landscape Painting is for sale.
Mounds of bougainvillea like this are one of my favorite painting subjects. I also enjoy painting recycling bins!
San Diego Landscape Painting is for sale.
Looking down from high hills over farms and fields below, in the Santa Ynez Valley near Santa Barbara.
This painting is the opposite of how I usually work. Usually I start small and then work large. But this time, I started with a big painting, which turned into a surly adolescent.
So I started over with a small sketch to try to figure out the composition.
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Painting of Hillcrest, San Diego, California landmark, The Flame, seen from across Park Blvd.
Hillcrest painting is for sale.
I’ve wanted to do a painting of the Embassy Hotel in Hillcrest for a long time, but I had a hard time deciding which facade would make the best painting.
I finally decided on this one, because I liked the simple, functional look of the brick, contrasted with the elaborate Italian/Spanish/Moorish fantasy palace style architecture of the street facades.
I like those facades too… maybe another day I’ll paint them!
San Diego Urban Painting is for sale.
Golden late afternoon light in Santa Barbara, California, with the mountains rising in the distance.
Santa Barbara Landscape is for sale.
Twilight is a great time for a beach stroll. Santa Barbara, California.
Santa Barbara Beach Painting is for sale.
Shadows and light splash the hills looking East in the sunset.
San Diego Landscape Painting is for sale.
Climbing a steep hill in the woods, with twilight painting the Western sky.
The eucalyptus trees in San Diego are some of my favorite painting subjects.
San Diego Landscape Painting is for sale.
The surf beneath the pier in Ocean Beach, San Diego, California.
Ocean Beach Pier Painting is for sale.
This is a painting of my cat, Miss Marmalade. She spends most of the day laying around, which makes her an ideal painting subject.
