Church on Normal Street, Hillcrest

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Hillcrest San Diego Painting

Church on Normal Street

This piece almost went into my show at the Lyceum Gallery… opening tonight!

It’s a painting started “en plein air” (painted outside on location) on Normal Street in Hillcrest. This is the spot at one end of the Hillcrest Farmer’s Market.

Early morning, before the traffic gets heavy with people going to work, is a nice, peaceful time to paint. I didn’t manage to finish this one before things started getting hectic, with people waiting outside the DMV and streaming by in their cars, ready to hit the highway on their way to their jobs. So I finished it later in the studio; I often work this way.

“Places Here” – Art Reception: 6-8 PM.

Please join us at the Lyceum Gallery in downtown San Diego for the opening of my show, “Places Here.” It’s an exploration of San Diego’s urban neighborhoods, old houses, and hidden alleyways. (Please click here for more info.)

Places Here flyer

Virginia Farm Landscape Painting Blacksburg

Virginia Farm Landscape

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Virginia Farm Landscape Painting Blacksburg

Virginia Farm Landscape

This painting is one I started in Virginia on our visit to Blacksburg last autumn. It’s been hanging around the studio unfinished until now.

We had all kinds of weather on that trip- just about everything except for snow. This day was sunny and nice- more like summer than fall.

And tomorrow! Please join us at the Lyceum Gallery in downtown San Diego for the opening of my show, “Places Here.” It’s an exploration of San Diego’s urban neighborhoods, old houses, and hidden alleyways.

Reception: 6-8 PM.

Places Here flyer

Please click here for more info.

Dana Point Sailboats Painting

Sailboats off Dana Point

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Dana Point Sailboats Painting

Dana Point Sailboats Painting- For Sale

I loved the crowd of sailboats around Dana Point, and wished I was in one of them!

A view from the pier in beautiful San Clemente.

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Art Reception: Friday January 18 from 6-8 PM
Please join us for wine and refreshments at the opening of my show, “Places Here,” at the Lyceum Gallery in downtown San Diego. The show will feature 28 urban landscape paintings of San Diego. (More info and directions)

Girl with Fur Bikini and Feathers

Girl in Fur Bikini and Feathers

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Girl with Fur Bikini and Feathers

Girl with Fur Bikini and Feathers

A page from my sketchbook. At last night’s figure drawing group, the model showed up in a fur bikini and feather headdress she’d designed and made herself.

I don’t post much figure work here since it’s usually nudes and I like to keep the site G-rated.

I hope you enjoy this one- it’s a quick sketch just before I left for the night.

Hillcrest Watercolor Painting

Hillcrest Cityscape Watercolor

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Hillcrest Watercolor Painting

Hillcrest Watercolor: For Sale.

I love this mid century building. I’d guess it’s from the late 1950s, but it could be the 60s. It used to be a Chicken and Waffles restaurant, which was a lot of fun. Painted from across the street at breakfast.

It’s been a while since I’ve worked in pen and ink, highlighted with watercolor, and getting back into this medium feels wonderful and free.

Hillcrest Watercolor Painting

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Art Reception: Friday January 18 from 6-8 PM
We’d love to see you at the opening reception for my show, “Places Here,” at the Lyceum Gallery in downtown San Diego. Please join us for wine, refreshments, and 28 urban landscape paintings of San Diego. (More info and directions)

La Jolla California Landscape Painting

La Jolla Canyon Painting

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La Jolla California Landscape Painting

La Jolla California Canyon Landscape Painting – Buy Now

A perfect morning just off the UCSD campus in La Jolla. I’d come here to paint the ocean, but got captivated by the canyon instead.

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Art Reception: Friday January 18 from 6-8 PM
Please join us for wine and refreshments at the opening of my show, “Places Here,” at the Lyceum Gallery in downtown San Diego. The show will feature 28 urban landscape paintings of San Diego. (More info and directions)

San Diego House Portrait

San Diego Craftsman House Painting

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San Diego House Portrait

Craftsman House on Florida Ave

I love this old, beautifully restored Craftsman. It’s on Florida Ave, a couple of streets away from my house.

This painting is part of my upcoming show at the Lyceum Gallery, opening Saturday, January 12th.

Reception Friday, January 18 from 6-8 PM

We’ll have a reception with wine and refreshments Friday, January 18 from 6-8 PM, at the Lyceum at 79 Horton Plaza in downtown San Diego. (Click here for more info and driving directions). If you are in San Diego, I’d love to see you!

San Diego Skyline Watercolor

San Diego Skyline in Watercolor

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San Diego Skyline Watercolor

San Diego Skyline from Spanish Landing Park- For Sale

A small plein air watercolor of the San Diego skyline seen behind the Harbor Island Marina.

I’ve mostly posted oil paintings here, and I continue to paint in oil every day. But I’m eager for the freedom of pen and ink, highlighted with watercolor, so I’m increasingly turning to watercolor for quick studies. Normally I use pastel for those, but I feel like a change. So watercolor it is! I thought you might like to see some of them.

I painted this yesterday- a perfect sunny day- over lunch at Spanish Landing Park.

What was the lunch? Pesto pasta.

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Ocean Beach Painting, San Diego California

Ocean Beach Painting

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Ocean Beach Painting, San Diego California

Ocean Beach Painting- For Sale

This plein air painting is looking at Ocean Beach from across the channel in Mission Beach.

Ocean Beach Plein Air

From 12/31- officially my last painting of 2012!

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“Places Here,” a show of my urban landscapes, will open January 18 at the Lyceum Gallery in downtown San Diego.

More information about the show & driving directions

Blacksburg Virginia Woods Painting

Green Virginia Woods

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Blacksburg Virginia Woods Painting

Blacksburg Virginia Woods Painting- Buy Now

Along the bike path between Blacksburg and Christiansburg, in the New River Valley, Virginia.

Once upon a time, I lived at one end of this bike path. I worked along a fork of the path, at Virginia Tech, and frequently biked to work in all weather. It was only a couple of miles, through farms and fields of cows and mud puddles and through the woods.

Sometimes- and almost every day in the summer- I’d take the other fork, which led here. And I’d continue past this spot, making it about a 12 mile bike ride all told.

Though I rode here in all seasons and all weather, in my memory this place is a golden summer afternoon, listening to the first Sugarland album on my iPod, riding a bike.

“Places Here” at the Lyceum Gallery

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Places Here

Opening reception Friday January 18, 6-8 PM before “Clybourne Park.”

I’m stoked to announce my upcoming show at the Lyceum Gallery! It’s a series of urban scenes of San Diego, a painted record of my wanderings around the city. The show will run from January 12 through February 10.

“Places Here” at the Lyceum Gallery
January 12 – February 10
Opening reception Friday January 18, 6-8 PM before “Clybourne Park.”

Kevin Inman is a San Diego painter focusing on plein air landscape and cityscape oil paintings. “Places Here” explores San Diego’s old houses, hidden alleyways, and constantly evolving urban landscapes.

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The Lyceum Gallery is located in the lower lobby of the Lyceum Theatre (also known as San Diego “Rep” or Repertory Theatre) at 79 Horton Plaza, downtown San Diego. The theatre is down the stairs outside Abercrombie & Fitch. Complimentary parking in Horton Plaza garage with validation in the mall.

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