Category Archives: San Diego Paintings
Man on the Street
AC Units on the Roof
Behind the Hospital
I painted this after a frustrating day at the hospital. Turned out to be whooping cough! Ugh. Painting always relaxes me when I’m stressed. I just drove into a neighborhood, parked, and walked until I found an enticing spot.
La Jolla Beach Painting
Termite Tent, South Park
Found this one by accident one afternoon and it was still up under gray skies the next morning when I had some time to paint.
Bounce House
Tents

Reception: Friday June 29, 5-9 PM.
Please join us for “Tents,” a collection of my paintings of fumigation tented buildings from 2017-2018. This is the first time I’ve shown such a large group of pictures from this series.
L’Atelier
2655 Reynard way,
Mission Hills,
San Diego, CA 92103.
1 858 336 6332
Suburban Scene
This area is called Allied Gardens, one of San Diego’s postwar suburbs. It has curving residential streets and culdesacs that branch off a busy road lined with strip malls. There are suburbs like this all over the country, places that once offered an idea of safety and a particular way of life and to some extent still do.
I have grown interested in this type of area recently. They really say a lot about American culture.
La Jolla
Gray Day at Black’s Beach

Painted at Black’s Beach on a chilly day. Stiff wind off the water. It’s a nude beach but I was glad to have my down jacket with me. I frequently do prefer to strip down while painting here. In part because why not and in part because wearing clothes in this area often results in a weird vibe. I’m a weather wimp, that’s what brought me to San Diego in the first place, so too bad.
Christmas Trash 2
I am happy with this little painting, done as fast as possible. The trash guys dumped the tree out of the trash can into the street. I loved the passive aggressiveness of that.
Christmas Tree, Trash Day

Got here just in time before the trash men came, really had to work fast. They left the tree on the street, so I painted it again. Buy now
Yellow January
Termite Tent, South Park

Painted on location in South Park, San Diego. Part of a courtyard apartment complex was tented, but not all of it.
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