At a sidewalk cafe.
Painted this morning over breakfast in Little Italy, at a cafe with great food and insanely slow service, I’m talking 20 minutes to get a plain cup of coffee. And the baristas use fake Italian accents. for sale
I’m really drawn to tented buildings. for sale
From last year. During Jury Duty, I had a long lunch break and wandered down until I found a coffee shop. The coffee shop had a kind of glass cage where you could sit on the patio and paint things. for sale
Evening light in the Alcazar Garden in Balboa Park… I love this peaceful, formal garden, based on one in Sevilla (I seem to remember). for sale
One night last winter, the Chargers won a game or something, and the city lit up the library dome in the team colors. This will never happen again. The Chargers never win. for sale
This spot is a few blocks from my house in the Sherman Heights historic district. I went down to try to capture it.
There’s a line in Camus that says: “..all Algiers at his feet, around them like a dark, glittering cape of jewels and shells.”
Termite Tent at Night – buy now
This older painting is still one of my favorites. What I love about it is the way the building glows inside the termite tent- they left on the floodlights and in some of the apartments. (I thought you were supposed to cut off the power before tenting, but I’m no expert). And it always takes me back to that cool, wet-smelling night with a marine layer overhead.
Here’s a link to the rest of this series of termite tent paintings. It’s a subject that always draws me back.
Baroque Columns – for sale
Painted on location last year in Balboa Park.
Gazebo in Spring- for sale
Painted on location last year in Balboa Park.
San Elijo Lagoon- For Sale
A painting from last year- painted on location in the marshes. A beautiful, quiet place.
Archways- for sale
Another one from last year. A plein air painting from the Cabrillo bridge, looking at the Museum of Man.
I normally work on smoother surfaces, but this very coarse canvas was in the back of the car so I gave it a shot. Painting architecture on such a small scale on a highly textured surface isn’t easy, maybe not advisable unless you want it to get very abstract.
This one is from last year. It’s the patio surrounded by the several buildings of the Museum of Man.
While I was painting it in Balboa Park, my sister’s college friend from the East Coast went jogging by. I hadn’t known she lived here. I love coincidences like these.
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Painted on location in Coronado. Another Santa Ana event with warm temps and high winds. for sale
An old house in an alley in OB. for sale
Maybe from the 1930s based on the pitch of the roof… my house is the exact same color (a color, I have been informed, is called Toasted Almond). Though I was looking at Google Street View and my house used to be 2 shades of purple.
On top of the Ledbetter cliffs in beautiful Santa Barbara, CA. for sale