Painted on location in Balboa Park last spring.
Tag Archives: california
Termite Tent, South Park
Palm Tree, Sherman Heights
How to Stop Time
I’m working on a series of pictures of this spot. It’s a hike from anywhere you can park. They’ve recently installed a 3 way stop here, which has had the weird effect of making the spot seem much busier than when it was just a stretch of 50 MPH road. It alternately smells like exhaust and like growing things.
When I painted this one, the wildflowers were in full bloom. I went back today to do another piece as the landscape dries out and becomes the brown, gold, and tan of California summer. Both those plein air paintings are preparatory studies for larger pieces.
Santa Maria Landscape
We went to the Santa Ynez wine country for the weekend. My hope was to paint some scenic landscapes but I guess my heart wasn’t really in it and I wound up painting this. This was the town of Santa Maria, mostly just a string of strip malls with housing behind it, like so many small towns all over the United States.
In the Street, Hillcrest
Sherman Heights Nocturne
Reception with the Artist
Friday April 7, 2017 5:30 – 7:30 PM
Please join us for wine and snacks.
February 4- April 28 2017 at Girard Gourmet
7837 Girard Ave, La Jolla, CA.
in conjunction with the Athenaeum School of the Arts.
This spot is a few blocks from my place in Sherman Heights, a rapidly changing neighborhood overlooking the rapidly changing San Diego skyline.
Golden Hill
Sunset Cliffs
Rock Arch, OB
Big Sur, California
Big Sur by Bixby Bridge.
From the series, Nostos. Growing up in a military family, I lived in many places as a child. Monterey was the second one, and that’s why painting Big Sur was meaningful to me.