The house behind this fence, beautifully bursting with bougainvillea, is for sale. It’s an old Craftsman with intact original windows- and no parking! For me, lack of parking is not a deal breaker (I travel by hot air balloon).
An industrial building by the train tracks in Santa Barbara, California. I was intrigued by the way the evening light streamed across the landscape, making a pattern in the shadows. I had to get a sketch in so I could paint this scene when we got home.
I’m very attracted to the boxy shapes of old Modern buildings. An oxymoron I guess, but the industrial buildings in particular from the early 20th century had graceful proportions and simple silhouettes. We are seeing a revival & a reinterpretation of this style of architecture in San Diego right now, especially in apartment buildings, and I think it looks great. The theory, I think, is that form = function.
I especially like these buildings when they are situated along railroads.
A steep path above the gently rolling surf in the ecological preserve on Point Loma in San Diego. This beautiful place is full of native San Diego species of plants and animals.
We’ve had a heat wave in San Diego this week and I’m itching to head back to the beach today. If traffic permits, of course…
This Victorian is across the street from where my drawing group meets. Before it was restored, it was a wreck, but it is beautiful now.
Like so many things, it just needed a little work.
Painting of San Diego Victorian House is for sale at my Etsy shop
Mission revival houses up on a hill- they have great views over North Park.
I like the steep pitch of the roof and the way this house (from the early 1900s?) seems to doze in its overgrown garden.
A pink house in Hillcrest, seen from the alley behind, on a bright, sunny San Diego morning.
I like out- of- the- way places like this quiet alley, with a low jumble of rooftops and back yards… I like to paint places that look like they aren’t trying too hard to impress.
More of my paintings of San Diego, California at my Etsy shop.
A stand of Eucalpytus trees in Florida Canyon. I like places like this, where even though you’re in the middle of the city, you get soothing natural vistas.
Painting of San Diego Eucalyptus Trees is for sale.
The Mission Valley Target Store has an eerie presence, long and low at the end of its empty, early-morning parking lot.
Like yesterday’s painting of the termite tent, I’d had a somewhat perverse itch to paint the Target store for a long time. I’m not going to try to analyze it.
This painting of san diego is for sale.
I liked the way this old brick building (from 1875) was dwarfed by taller, newer structures around it. I was also intrigued by the atmospheric effects of the buildings in late afternoon light so close to the ocean.
This painting started as a drawing when we lost the car in Santa Monica. We’d parked on the fourth or fifth level of the garage- what we didn’t realize is there are several garages “near a J. Crew” which was my only point of reference. So after going all the way up and down two incorrect garages, we wound up in front of this building and I insisted I had to draw it. Mike went to find the car and left me to work on a sketch.
Time passed and I couldn’t get happy with the painting, so I abandoned it and forgot about it. More time passed, and my truck got broken into. While my GPS was stolen, this incomplete painting was not. I decided a square format would work better, so I started over and I wrapped it up today.
This painting is for sale.
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.
