A misty gray morning on the beach in Santa Barbara, California, with sailboats moored on the wide Pacific.
Oil on linen painting panel.
Santa Barbara Beach Sailboats
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East County San Diego Landscape
I think the gold and green landscapes of California summers are incredibly beautiful. This landscape is from the East County of San Diego.
Santa Barbara Evening Palms Landscape
Evening light on Santa Barbara’s incredible mountains, seen from a side street off State Street.
I was amazed by the atmospheric light effects on these mountains.
I thought I’d never seen light like this anywhere else, and then we saw the same effect in a Monet painting of the Italian riviera in the Santa Barbara art museum.
8 x 10 inches
oil on linen on panel
Yellow Cake Painting
This is the second slice of cake I attempted to paint… the first one got eaten.
5 x 7 inches, oil on linen on panel.
Cherry Blossoms
A flowering cherry branch. We lived in Japan when I was young, and I have so many fond memories of that beautiful country.
Santa Barbara Beach Fog
Tecolote Canyon
I love the grass when it goes this gold color. It is so absolutely beautiful. In Virginia, this color combination was the color of winter- but here in San Diego, it’s the color of summer.
Bed of Roses
June Eucalyptus
A eucalyptus grove up the street from my house in San Diego. I often go to this restful spot to draw and paint.
Vintage Apartments in Hillcrest
Peach
Trying to channel Chardin, the French still life master, again. When you look at one of his fruit still life paintings, you feel like you could reach in and feel the fuzzy skin of the peach.
Hillcrest DMV in the Fog
I love this sweet old building- from the 60s?
Too bad they’re going to tear it down. Although I’d rather see urban density and leave the countryside alone, even if it means losing vintage buildings.
It’s a peaceful place to paint until about 8 when people start their commutes.
Yesterday’s painting was the same spot, just looking in a different direction. I’ve got one more from this morning, but it’s not done yet.
Buy Hillcrest DMV Painting at Kevin Inman Art.
Church on Normal Street
A sweet old church on Normal Street in Hillcrest, San Diego, California. Started plein air, and finished in the studio.
San Diego Landscape For Sale at Etsy.
Sunset
A glorious California sunset over the Pacific. We watched the sun go down from a scenic overlook at Camp Pendleton, north of San Diego.
Oil on linen.
Tidepools
On the rocks at Point Loma, in San Diego, California, looking at the ocean. Original landscape painting, based on a plein air pastel painting.