Santa Ynez – for sale
A glorious day in the Santa Ynez valley, in the mountains above Santa Barbara, California.
Santa Ynez Valley Landscape Painting
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Hillcrest Watercolor Painting, San Diego
Hillcrest Watercolor- buy now
Painted over breakfast on an overcast Sunday in Hillcrest- at Whole Foods Market.
Santa Barbara Beach Sunset
East Beach Evening – Commission, but here are more California seascape paintings for sale
Mellow sunset light at East Beach in Santa Barbara.
Laguna Beach Painting
Rocks at Crystal Cove – for sale
This is Crystal Cove in Laguna Beach. Such an atmospheric day- dramatic clouds, glassy water, the whole 9 yards. It looked like a painting. 😉
Termite Tent at Night
Termite Tent at Night – buy now
I loved the soft glow of this apartment building lit at night from behind the termite tent. This painting is one of my favorites.
Coconut Birthday Cake Painting
Coconut Cake- for sale
This is another from a brief but obsessive period when I painted baked goods, mostly slices of cake. Half of this slice got eaten, half of this slice got painted.
Capistrano Beach, Dana Point California
Capistrano Beach Painting – For Sale
Late afternoon haze at Capo Beach in Dana Point.
I am a person who usually finishes my oil sketches into more elaborate paintings because I like them polished- but in this case, the loose treatment seemed to reflect the quality of the light. So I left it.
Miniature Eggplant Still Life Painting
Mini Eggplants- for sale
So miniature eggplants are good for cooking. They’re not bitter, and you don’t have to soak them in salt water. This is also true of Japanese eggplants, by the way.
Food lesson over!
They are also fun to paint.
Easter Peep Nap Time
Easter Bunny Peep Painting- for sale
Easter peep down for the count.
San Diego Bay Plein Air Painting
San Diego Bay Painting – for sale
An open air painting overlooking San Diego Bay, the airport, and Coronado from Mission Hills.
Kensington Cafe, San Diego
Spring Forward at the Kensington Cafe- for sale
Painted over morning coffee on the patio at Starbucks in the San Diego neighborhood of Kensington. It’s a really nice area.
There were great views in all directions, including a stunning Sixties Functional gas station and a Modernist library with trees growing through the architecture. I didn’t paint the library though; I got too discombobulated from Spring Forward. I’ll have to go back.
While I am primarily an oil painter, I love the immediacy of completing a loose pen and ink sketch highlighted with watercolor.
At this point, I think I’m going to have to call this a series: Sunday at Starbucks.
San Diego Eucalyptus Trees, Gray Day
Eucalyptus in Balboa Park- for sale
A grey day.
I started this painting, and got to here when it started raining. Normally, I’d come back another day to finish, but then I decided I loved it as-is.
And I thought, this is probably one of those where you put one more brush stroke on it and it doesn’t work anymore.
Craftsman House in Hillcrest
Craftsman House in Hillcrest Painting- for sale
I love the soaring lines on the gable in this Craftsman house- in San Diego’s Hillcrest neighborhood.
Easter Candy Painting
Easter Candy Still Life Painting- For Sale
Cadbury’s mini eggs- probably the best Easter candy ever invented.
Virginia Winter Farm
Winter in Blacksburg – For Sale
Virginia is in the South, and even the mountains don’t get much snow. Especially in Blacksburg, home to Virginia Tech, winters are cold though, windy and often wet. This is a painting of a day like that.
Of course, actually at this moment a major winter storm is bearing down on Virginia- but I won’t be there to experience the snow.