Cottage Liquor in Hillcrest. This is where I go to buy 90% of my Lotto tickets.
This is as far as I got with the painting plein air before the sun got too fierce, around 9:30 AM. I’d already had to move the easel once (the date palm went behind the building when I did) to get under a tree… one of my first painting teachers told us, paint in the shade, and she’s absolutely right.
Painting of University of San Diego
The University of San Diego on its hilltop, seen from across Mission Valley in… Pioneer Park? I think that’s the name.
I painted this on Labor Day in a perfect ocean breeze.
Sometimes I touch up plein air works in the studio afterwards, but this time I liked the painting the way it is.
Santa Ynez Valley Landscape Painting is for sale.
Sunny skies, golden summer grass, and deep green shade in the Santa Ynez Valley, near Santa Barbara, CA.
We spent a long weekend in Santa Barbara earlier in the summer, and I just discovered this and a couple of other paintings that I forgot to post. It’s a beautiful place.
We joined a wine club the day I started this painting up in the hills over Santa Barbara… and that wine shipment should arrive any minute now!
I just finished and shipped this commission to Kat Webster of Canopy Studio in New Orleans. She creates these amazing mid century modern cat lounges…
If you like cats, you might like my cat painting blog or my Cat Painting Etsy shop.
Georgia Street Bridge, San Diego Painting
From the southeast corner of University Ave, in Hillcrest, looking up at the retaining walls of the Georgia St bridge over the avenue. This painting was a long time coming. I started it last winter and pulled it out periodically since then, working, wiping off the paint, giving up for a while.
Most recently I made one of my feeble efforts to clean the studio and found the painting again and I thought SURELY THIS TIME I can finish.
Palm Trees in Ocean Beach- San Diego Painting
Palms lining Newport Ave in Ocean Beach, San Diego. This converted movie theatre is now a Wings.
Painting of San Diego Museum of Man
Afternoon light. Oil painting of the tower and dome of the Museum of Man in San Diego’s Balboa Park. This is the second version of this painting- the first, plein air version, painted from the Cabrillo Bridge, I did in oil pastel.
I rarely work in oil pastel- I usually prefer chalk pastels because they layer so nicely, and it’s easy to correct mistakes.
Painting of Pink Rose Bouquet
Pink roses in a blue vase. I rarely channel Van Gogh, but when I do…
San Diego Painting- Bougainvillea in North Park
Morning in an alley in San Diego’s North Park neighborhood, with a riot of bougainvillea growing over a fence, backlit by the early sun.
San Diego Painting is for sale.
Classical Figure Painting
A classical male figure on the beach. This image has been cropped to keep it G-Rated; please see my Etsy shop for the full image: Classical Figure Painting
Trash Cans in the Alley, San Diego Painting
Trash cans lined up in a sunny alley. I like painting in alleys- it’s very peaceful.
Morning Street in Hillcrest- Painting of San Diego
I like cityscapes where the buildings are layered, in this case, by time as well as height. Georgia St in San Diego.
Santa Barbara Painting- Sunset Light
The perfect ending to a beautiful day in Santa Barbara, California. The light there has a special quality. Mellow, diffuse in the marine haze, and gently golden at sundown.
Santa Barbara Sunset Light is for sale.
Painting of San Diego- North Park
From the Georgia St Bridge, looking out over North Park.
This is the second version of this view of North Park I’ve painted. Well, technically it is the first version, but the first layers of color didn’t dry fast enough (I’d been experimenting with a different oil painting medium), so I impatiently started over with a second version.
After finishing that one, I lost my steam for the first version and put it away for I’m not sure how long, at least a couple of months. But recently I found it in a stack of half-finished work, and decided to give it another effort.
For sale at my Etsy shop.
