Kelp washed up on Blacks Beach, San Diego.
This painting is one I started in Virginia on our visit to Blacksburg last autumn. It’s been hanging around the studio unfinished until now.
We had all kinds of weather on that trip- just about everything except for snow. This day was sunny and nice- more like summer than fall.
And tomorrow! Please join us at the Lyceum Gallery in downtown San Diego for the opening of my show, “Places Here.” It’s an exploration of San Diego’s urban neighborhoods, old houses, and hidden alleyways.
Reception: 6-8 PM.

Dana Point Sailboats Painting- For Sale
I loved the crowd of sailboats around Dana Point, and wished I was in one of them!
A view from the pier in beautiful San Clemente.
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Art Reception: Friday January 18 from 6-8 PM
Please join us for wine and refreshments at the opening of my show, “Places Here,” at the Lyceum Gallery in downtown San Diego. The show will feature 28 urban landscape paintings of San Diego. (More info and directions)

Mission Trails San Diego Landscape Painting – For Sale
In January, the last of the yellow leaves are falling, just as the land turns celadon green with the first rains of the year. A plein air painting from Saturday.

San Diego Skyline from Spanish Landing Park- For Sale
A small plein air watercolor of the San Diego skyline seen behind the Harbor Island Marina.
I’ve mostly posted oil paintings here, and I continue to paint in oil every day. But I’m eager for the freedom of pen and ink, highlighted with watercolor, so I’m increasingly turning to watercolor for quick studies. Normally I use pastel for those, but I feel like a change. So watercolor it is! I thought you might like to see some of them.
I painted this yesterday- a perfect sunny day- over lunch at Spanish Landing Park.
What was the lunch? Pesto pasta.

Ocean Beach Painting- For Sale
This plein air painting is looking at Ocean Beach from across the channel in Mission Beach.
From 12/31- officially my last painting of 2012!
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“Places Here,” a show of my urban landscapes, will open January 18 at the Lyceum Gallery in downtown San Diego.

Mission Trails Park, San Diego – For Sale
I enjoy painting at Mission Trails- amazing scenery, with mountains, wetlands, and the remains of an early reservoir built by the Spanish.

Sunset Cliffs painting – for sale
Plein air painting as a storm blew in off the Pacific near sunset.
At Sunset Cliffs, in Ocean Beach.

Autumn Leaves Landscape Painting – For Sale
I painted these beautiful, blazing yellow leaves last week, in mid-December.
It was a mild afternoon along the San Diego River.

View over North Park – Buy Now
This is the third or maybe fourth painting I’ve done here. I love this view of the city, with so many buildings and hills.
We’re looking out over North Park from the Georgia Street Bridge.

The path to the beach – For Sale
Surfers, of course, sprint nimbly down the sheer cliffs. Personally, I use this twisting path- it leads from the Glider Port down to Black’s Beach.
Del Mar Beach Painting – for sale
A plein air piece from the bluffs overlooking Torrey Pines Beach.

(Spun the easel around for the photo, I was actually painting the opposite view.)

Coronado Beach Painting- For Sale
An absolutely gorgeous morning on Coronado.
This is from the California Art Club paint out last weekend.

Santa Barbara Beach Painting – For Sale
A golden afternoon on the beach in Santa Barbara, California.