
Painted this morning on the beach in Coronado. for sale
Painted this morning on the beach in Coronado. for sale
A rare summer rain this morning in Coronado, CA. Painted over breakfast. for sale
Comic Con rages outside, with eccentric visitors and zero parking anywhere. This painting’s a little quieter. Painted over breakfast at the Starbucks on Orange Ave on Coronado. for sale
Painted this morning over breakfast in Coronado. for sale
Painted sitting on a bench outside the Hotel Del, in the morning before people arrived to enjoy the umbrellas and lounge chairs. for sale
Painted on location in Coronado. Another Santa Ana event with warm temps and high winds. for sale
Point Loma seen from Coronado. For sale
A hot morning. I went down to the beach to cool off.
The Santa Ana winds carried a mini sandstorm with each 50 MPH gust. These weren’t ideal painting conditions, and I decided to leave halfway through this piece and finish it in the peaceful, cat-filled, air-conditioned studio.
Some people have a big fancy philosophy of plein air painting. Well, I am not one of them. There is no shame in working from photo references, I just like to be outside and that’s why I like to paint on location.
Painted on location “en plein air” on the Coronado waterfront. for sale
A plein air watercolor on Coronado. Though it is March, we’re having August weather. There were kids running around on the beach, dads grilling, people riding bikes on the waterfront with chihuahuas in the baskets, people taking soil samples (?). for sale
Afternoon on San Diego Bay. for sale
Painted from breakfast in Coronado this morning. for sale
Shipping, shipbuilding, and sailboats. The industrial part of the bay, painted from Coronado. for sale
2 steel gray days in a row, but the sun came back this afternoon. Buy now
I like to go to breakfast on the weekends. Here’s this morning’s watercolor from a Starbucks on Coronado. for sale