Torrey Pines- buy now
Trees sculpted by the wind in Del Mar, California.
Torrey Pines, San Diego
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Plaza de Panama, Balboa Park
Arches – for sale
Recently the city covered over a parking lot in the middle of Balboa Park. It’s changed the feeling completely, and I wanted to paint that.
Torrey Pines San Diego Painting
Afternoon light on the pines- for sale
I wanted to paint this hillside because it reminded me of Monet’s series of paintings of the Customs House at Varengeville.
Monet worked in series, capturing the same thing in different light effects. Some of these paintings are here in the USA, and you can see them side by side. There are several of the Rouen Cathedral paintings at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, and several of the Haystack paintings at the Getty in LA.
But I think the Customs House paintings are scattered. We have one here in San Diego at the SMDA, and I just saw another at the Legion of Honor in San Francisco. It was the one at the Legion of Honor- a riot of pinks during a blazing noon- that made me think about this place in Torrey Pines.
Coffee in Horton Plaza
Morning coffee- buy now
This Sunday’s breakfast painting.
Imperial Beach, San Diego
Coronados Islands – for sale
Painted on location yesterday at the beach along the US/ Mexico border.
Imperial Beach Painting, San Diego
Today’s plein air – buy now
This is the Border Field State Park. It’s a totally undeveloped beach on the border, with tidal marshes leading to it. The marshes are dry in the summer, but when the rains start they become wetlands.
Morning in Laguna
Hotel del Coronado Watercolor
the Hotel Del- buy now
Painted this morning on a bench in Coronado.
Downtown Hooters Restaurant, San Diego
Orange Awnings – buy now
This Victorian block in the Gaslamp Quarter- downtown San Diego- now houses a Hooters franchise.
Tulip Chairs Outside the Laundromat
Tulip Chairs Outside the Laundromat – buy now
A hot afternoon while my clothes did their thing in the laundromat. In South Park, San Diego.
Tamale Shop in Golden Hill, San Diego
Golden Hill, San Diego – for sale
Saturday afternoon found me at a laundromat. I like clean clothes. I did not exactly plan this series that’s developed of paintings outside laundromats, but it has happened, and I like it.
This particular laundromat is in Golden Hill. Although Golden Hill is a chichi area with extremely expensive Victorian homes, the laundromat turned out to be a dank hole. It does, however, possess the critical amenity of ample parking and it has this tamale shop stuck under an awning right beside it.
I loved the tamale shop and the awning immediately and I had to paint it.
Victorian in U Heights
Victorian in U Heights- sold.
San Clemente Seascape Painting
Rocky Beach, San Clemente, California- buy now
Nice spot for a walk.
My cousin came from out of state for a Disneyland trip, and we met him at a beachfront pizza place in San Clemente. Well not strictly beachfront, but you could see the water.
Ledbetter Beach Dawn
Leadbetter Beach at dawn- buy now
From a painting trip last summer to beautiful Santa Barbara.
South Park Craftsman, San Diego Watercolor
South Park Crafstman- buy now
At the laundromat again, drawing out front while my clothes were in the wash.