East Beach- for sale
East Beach in Santa Barbara, California, in the morning. Painted on location on the beach.
East Beach Santa Barbara Plein Air
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Highways and High Rises, San Diego
Highways & High Rises- for sale
A plein air painting of Mission Valley in San Diego. I guess technically speaking, the closest “highway” is actually the Trolley tracks.
Gas Station in Kensington, San Diego
Gas Station painting – for sale
A gas station in Kensington, San Diego, California.
This is really part of my Sunday Coffee series of paintings, which I’ve been painting over breakfast at various cafes around the city. But the original in this case is watercolor.
Giraffe on an Ottoman
Mini Giraffe – buy now
A herd of these small giraffes lives in the canyon behind the house. They are somewhat skittish, but we’ve befriended this one.
Easter Bunny Donut Painting
Easter Donut – for sale
Glazed donut in the shape of the Easter Bunny, with Jelly Bean eyes.
This is from a place in San Diego called Donut Bar, where you wait in line for an anxious eternity to get what are apparently THE BEST DONUTS IN THE WORLD.
As you can see, I bought a few…
Only painted this one though. The rest are slated for demolition tomorrow.
Happy Easter!
Rocks at Ocean Beach, San Diego
Rocks – for sale
Painted yesterday on location in Ocean Beach, San Diego.
Bit of a light glare on the painting, since I photographed it while still wet. Will have to try again when it’s dry in a couple of days.
Easter Peeps
Pink Peeps – buy now
A gang of pink marshmallow Easter Peeps.
There’s a school of thought that color harmony alone can give you any light effect you need in a painting. The Impressionists and yadda yadda.
I don’t ascribe to that school; instead I bought a special color of paint that I thought would go to the perfect hot pink for these Peeps. Of course I don’t want to drop $15 on the wrong color so I was on pins and needles until I got the tube home.
And I was RIGHT!!
Holbein Geranium Lake, if you feel a need, as I invariably do, to paint some pink peeps of your own.
San Diego Sailboats
Shelter Island- for sale
Boats moored in the marina at Shelter Island/ Point Loma.
French Macarons Still Life Painting
French Macaron Painting- for sale
French Macarons. Raspberry and Black Currant, I believe. It was difficult not to eat these.
Whole Foods in Hillcrest just had a major makeover. Now they have a cafe with wine, coffee bar, juice bar… and a giant expanded selection of desserts! Including these macarons.
Santa Ynez Valley Landscape Painting
Santa Ynez – for sale
A glorious day in the Santa Ynez valley, in the mountains above Santa Barbara, California.
Hillcrest Watercolor Painting, San Diego
Hillcrest Watercolor- buy now
Painted over breakfast on an overcast Sunday in Hillcrest- at Whole Foods Market.
Santa Barbara Beach Sunset
East Beach Evening – Commission, but here are more California seascape paintings for sale
Mellow sunset light at East Beach in Santa Barbara.
Laguna Beach Painting
Rocks at Crystal Cove – for sale
This is Crystal Cove in Laguna Beach. Such an atmospheric day- dramatic clouds, glassy water, the whole 9 yards. It looked like a painting. 😉
Easter Peep Painting
Easter Peep – For Sale
Another fallen peep.
Everyone’s crazy about Anders Zorn right now and yes, this is the Zorn palette, only I switched in more Cadmiums- which I think he did too. But I’ve read so many contradictory things about his work that I have no way to know for sure.
Termite Tent at Night
Termite Tent at Night – buy now
I loved the soft glow of this apartment building lit at night from behind the termite tent. This painting is one of my favorites.