Early light on the beach – for sale
High tide just after dawn on the beach in Carpinteria, California. I almost avoided getting my shoes wet.
Carpinteria Beach Painting
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Laguna Beach Plein Air
Laguna
This might be a color study only or maybe I’ll finish it tomorrow. The light in Laguna and the water colors are different from San Diego, so I wanted to focus on capturing the changing light effects in a series of quick studies.
Little Italy Victorian Houses, San Diego
Cottages in Little Italy – San Diego – buy now
Here’s my painting from the Little Italy Art Walk last weekend. Thank you again to everyone who stopped by. I think I posted the one below already- the painting hasn’t been touched since the plein air session.
And working on the piece:
San Diego Victorian House Painting
Victorian cottage painting For Sale
This Victorian cottage is across the street from where one of my drawing groups meets, in the East Village of San Diego. Before it was restored, it was a wreck, but it is beautiful now.
The before:
Like so many things, it just needed a little work.
Chair in an Alley, San Diego
Chair in the Alley – buy now
Sunlight and shadows in a Hillcrest alley, San Diego, California.
Mission Trails Plein Air Painting
Mission Trails Park For Sale
Painted on location one sunny afternoon in Mission Trails. I want to say it was late January, so the live oaks were green but the – I think they are Aspens, but maybe that’s not right- were golden.
Torrey Pines, Del Mar, San Diego
Afternoon at Torrey Pines- buy now
Afternoon at Torrey Pines, Del Mar.
Mission Beach, San Diego
Mission Bay – buy now
The place where Mission Bay flows into the Pacific Ocean, in Mission Beach.
Hillcrest Painting, San Diego
Alley & Phone Wires – for sale
Morning light in an alley in Hillcrest. This painting started life as a plein air drawing.
Here are some announcements too. I have a booth at the Art Walk in Little Italy this Saturday and Sunday. My studio is completely full of frames and paintings waiting to be framed in them. If you’d like to stop by, I’d love to see you!
Saturday & Sunday, April 27 & 28, 2013
Mission Federal Art Walk, Little Italy, San Diego
Booth 784, on Fir Street between Columbia and India streets.
Capo Beach Painting
For the Orange County folks, another event this weekend. I’ve got 2 paintings including “Capo Beach” in the Less Is More show of plein air paintings at Randy Higbee Gallery, Costa Mesa, CA. Opening reception is Saturday April 27th 4:00 – 8:00 p.m. and the show runs April 27- May 10. This should be a great show.
Happy Thursday!
Santa Barbara Beach Sunrise
Leadbetter cliffs – For Sale
Leadbetter cliffs at dawn, the beginning of a perfect day in Santa Barbara.
Leadbetter Beach, Santa Barbara
Maybe sold – but here are more California seascapes
Crest Cafe Hillcrest San Diego Drawing
Crest Cafe, Hillcrest- buy now
A cool grey morning with the marine layer overhead so I went with black and white for this drawing of the famed Crest Cafe in Hillcrest, San Diego. Drawn from life from the patio where I was eating breakfast across the street.
Visited not one but two storage units today to get stuff for Mission Federal Art Walk next weekend. Both booths have resident bears to guard our treasures.
Booth 784, on Fir Street between Columbia and India streets.
Saturday & Sunday April 27 & 28th, Little Italy, San Diego. Maybe we’ll see you there! Bears are optional.
https://www.themovingcastle.com/?page_id=3946 .
University Heights, San Diego
Car repairs and palm trees- buy now
Painted from a drawing on the tables outside Lestat’s on Park coffee shop in University Heights.
Santa Barbara Beach Sailboat- En Plein Air
East Beach- for sale
Painted “en plein air” or outside on the beach in Santa Barbara, California. I love this beach with its sailboats moored just offshore.
Torrey Pines, Del Mar California
Torrey Pines- buy now
Golden light on the Torrey Pines.