The hiking trails over Black’s Beach in San Diego, California.
SOLD. Thanks to Blake who purchased this new painting at North Park Festival of Arts!
Torrey Pines
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It’s Not Easy Being Orange
The North Park Festival of Arts went great yesterday! Thank you so much to everyone who stopped by. We met a lot of great people and sold some paintings. Only mildly crippled today.
That’s my easel set up just off Normal Street. Best name for a street ever.
May Gray in La Jolla
A soft gray morning in May on the bluffs overlooking the ocean in La Jolla, San Diego, California.
I have a large version of this painting as well- in my booth at the North Park Festival of Arts. I’m at booth J-9 on the corner of Ohio and University, across from the Craft Beer Block.
I hope to see you there!
Sunset
So I got to Domino’s and my order was not ready… and I had my pastels in the car and the sunset light was floating and yellow. This was a year ago. I did a painting then, but I kept the drawing taped up on my wall…
SOLD. See “all this and more” at booth J-9, corner of Ohio and University Ave, this Sunday May 20th at North Park Festival of the Arts!
Allegedly my uncle may bring his famous kitchen sink cookies. Since we are an art studio and not a commercial kitchen you guessed right- those cookies will be free.
Oh, and if you like the painting of the water tower that North Park Main Street so graciously put on the festival poster, you can bid on it here.
Happy Saturday!
Palms in the Fog, San Diego
Still Life with Baby Eggplants
I will admit this painting is kind of weird. Miniature eggplants look like what? Purple blobs.
Both of the paintings I attempted this day were the same. The other one was a concha pastry. I’d wanted to paint a concha for ages and as soon as I wanted to paint one they were always sold out at the grocery store. Then I did paint it and it was relatively realistic but … it also looked like a blob.
Morning Meadow in Balboa Park
Morning light effect in a meadow in Balboa Park. It’s a long walk from my house, but it was worth it.
Coronado Beach Sketch
I used this oil sketch as the foundation for a larger painting of the same bright day on the beach in Coronado, San Diego, California.
5 x 7 inches oil on canvas board
El Cajon Landscape
North Park Water Tower
I’m so honored that North Park Festival of Arts chose my North Park Water Tower painting for this year’s festival poster.
You can bid on the original painting here.
I painted this painting outside from life. There’s an apartment building on my street with outdoor stairs leading up to the third floor balcony. I had to work fast, because I didn’t want to get arrested for trespassing. 😉
We hope to see you at booth J-9 on the corner of Ohio St and University Ave (across from the Craft Beer block) Sunday, May 20th! I’ll have lots of new paintings to show you.
Blacks Beach Painting 2
Blacks Beach
Original landscape painting of a sky streaked with clouds over Blacks Beach in La Jolla, San Diego, California.
Darling Onions of May
Onions always make me cry… just like watching Bambi.
Red onion still life painting. With this piece, I was trying to channel Chardin’s kitchen still life paintings. This French painter was a true master of the European still life tradition. When you see his work, you feel like you could reach in and pluck out a peach… I aspire to that.
Morning Light in Balboa Park
I love to walk the trails in Balboa Park, and early morning, before it gets too hot, is a great time to paint.
With this painting, like many of my landscape paintings of nature, I tried to channel the Barbizon school and focus on capturing the colors in the landscape the way I perceive them. The Impressionists did that too, but in a different way.
This Balboa Park, San Diego landscape is For Sale
Noon in the Canyon
Noon in a canyon in San Diego’s Balboa Park. A golden California day.
California Canyon Painting is for sale.
Pssst… are you looking for Cat Painting Tuesday?