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.
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Reception Friday May 6, 6:30- 8:30 PM
1008 Wall St
La Jolla CA 92037
www.ljathenaeum.org
May 7 – June 11
Please join us for the opening reception for the 2015 San Diego Art Prize. Artwork by Wendy Maruyama, Peter Scheidt, Roy McMakin, Kevin Inman. In the Joseph Clayes III Gallery at the Athenaeum Music and Arts Library, La Jolla, CA.
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This donut was purchased at “donut happy hour” for something like 37 cents.
Painted on the cliffs.
In Rome this week trying to get some paintings done… In the rain! Now to return to drying my shoes with a hair dryer.
Behind my aunt’s house in Boise.
I thought the mountains were so pretty.
Things I’ve learned in Idaho: it’s pronounced Boissse, as though everyone is the Heir to Slytherin. Also there is a bird here that sounds like R2D2.
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A drawing this morning over breakfast.
A commissioned ‘house portrait’ I just completed. I don’t do a lot of these, but it’s a fun project.
Vacations with a painter are always working vacations. Clif Bar, banana, and a can of espresso on the beach at dawn. I like to get in all the food groups.
I’ve got a shelf installed outside the kitchen window where I keep my orchids to try to convince them to flower.
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