Palm Tree, Sherman Heights
Termite Tent, Banker’s Hill, San Diego
When I was working on this one, a worker from the fumigation company came over and asked if I was “that guy from Instagram who paints the tents.”
How to Stop Time
I’m working on a series of pictures of this spot. It’s a hike from anywhere you can park. They’ve recently installed a 3 way stop here, which has had the weird effect of making the spot seem much busier than when it was just a stretch of 50 MPH road. It alternately smells like exhaust and like growing things.
When I painted this one, the wildflowers were in full bloom. I went back today to do another piece as the landscape dries out and becomes the brown, gold, and tan of California summer. Both those plein air paintings are preparatory studies for larger pieces.
Grant Hill Plein Air
Even successfully gave directions to a woman tangled in the maze of dead end streets while painting this.
Santa Maria Landscape
We went to the Santa Ynez wine country for the weekend. My hope was to paint some scenic landscapes but I guess my heart wasn’t really in it and I wound up painting this. This was the town of Santa Maria, mostly just a string of strip malls with housing behind it, like so many small towns all over the United States.
In the Street, Hillcrest
Termite Tent, Banker’s Hill
Sherman Heights Nocturne
Reception with the Artist
Friday April 7, 2017 5:30 – 7:30 PM
Please join us for wine and snacks.
February 4- April 28 2017 at Girard Gourmet
7837 Girard Ave, La Jolla, CA.
in conjunction with the Athenaeum School of the Arts.
This spot is a few blocks from my place in Sherman Heights, a rapidly changing neighborhood overlooking the rapidly changing San Diego skyline.
Sherman Heights Nocturne
Golden Hill
Ghost Baguette and Bundts
A kind person gave me an entire box of miniature bundts to eat/paint. They went with a ghost baguette. Let them eat cake, you know.
163 Bridge
Stop Sign, Los Alamos
I’d wanted to paint an enormous twisty old oak (or whatever) but it didn’t go right. I liked the stop sign.