Cabrillo Seascape, San Diego
This is one of 3 paintings I did on location, of the waves on the rocks and the tide pools on Point Loma. They’ve all been sitting around in the studio for months, and I’m finally getting around to posting them here.
Bougainvillea Painting, San Diego– For Sale
A sun-splashed alley in Hillcrest, with bougainvillea spilling over the fence… and recycling bins ready for their moment in the limelight.
San Diego Seascape Painting- For Sale
Waves crashing on the rocks on Cabrillo point. I’d planned to touch up this plein air painting in the studio, but after living with the painting for a while, decided to leave it as-is. Something about the less polished state appeals to me.
San Diego Sunset Painting – For Sale
Here’s another piece from earlier in the year, that I couldn’t get a decent picture of until recently. This is one of the canyons in Balboa Park, a couple of streets away from my house.
San Diego Seascape Painting
With this painting, I was aiming for what Monet did with the cliffs at Etretat:
He did many paintings there, and I’m going to try again with this one at a lower elevation, which I hope will give the cliffs the sense of presence they have in real life.
San Diego Sea Cliffs Plein Air
The Palm, San Diego Painting- For Sale
I think this apartment building in Hillcrest/U Heights is probably from the 60s, since Modern design from that decade was more delicate. Whenever it’s from, it’s a cool place.
Decayed Modernism is so prevalent in southern California. Modernist architecture, urban planning, and design had mostly utopian ideals, trying to make people’s lives better through design. Did it work? I’m not sure, and there’s something poignant about the irony of those high ideals contrasted with buildings in disrepair.
Cabrillo Point San Diego Painting- For Sale
A nice day at Cabrillo Point, looking out over the Pacific.
San Diego Plein Air
This painting required some touching up in the studio afterwards. The horizon line was bugging me, so I fixed that. My wet painting carrier also gouged off a strip of paint on the left side, which I knew was going to happen but I didn’t get around to fixing it until it had already dried, so I just tried to match the color.
Balboa Park Landscape- for sale
Morning in Balboa Park, San Diego.
Fog in the City- For Sale
A scene of fog out the front window.
I started this 4×4 painting last winter, but it got messed up and didn’t dry fast enough, so I did another version in purple.
The 4×4 went into a stack of unfinished work. I found it the the other day and it seemed like a fun project to finish it.
Ocean Beach Painting- San Diego – For Sale
A sunny day on the beach in Ocean Beach, San Diego, California.
North Park San Diego Painting- For sale
A house in North Park backlit at dusk.
Autumn Landscape, San Diego, California- for sale
A morning walk in the trails in Balboa Park, San Diego, with the fog turning to lemonade over Golden Hill.
San Diego Seascape Painting- Buy Now
Steep cliffs above the gently rolling surf in the ecological preserve on Point Loma in San Diego. This beautiful place is full of native San Diego species of plants and animals.
San Diego Nocturne –For sale
This is an older plein aire nocturne from last winter, when I did several night paintings. I never got around to publishing this one because the combination of the dark colors and the shininess led to flash glare, wrong colors, and sadness. Here’s my heroic effort to finally photograph this piece.
Autumn Leaves, San Diego- For sale
Eucalyptus trees washed with gold in morning light, San Diego. I like to walk here in the morning, with different vistas of meadow and forest opening up.