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San Diego Skyline Painting

San Diego Skyline

San Diego Skyline Painting

Skyline from Mission Hills, painted on location. for sale

I painted this about a year ago, on top of a pile of dirt that looked like a construction site but wasn’t. I’m curious if they ever built anything there. Great views, smells like the airport, I imagine the real estate listing would not say.

Wisteria Painting San Diego Mission Hills

Wisteria on the Fence, San Diego

Wisteria Painting San Diego Mission Hills

In Mission Hills.
This is my friend’s beautiful house. She asked me to paint a picture of it, and the first time I went I got interested in the alley behind. This is my second effort. for sale

And here is the first effort:

Trash Cans in the Alley Painting San Diego

Neither one of these is quite right for what she has in mind, which is basically a house portrait. But I quite often find that commissions spark other ideas- some ideas that go off the rails completely and some ideas that turn out great.

Mission Hills Painting San Diego Watercolor

Mission Hills Watercolor, San Diego

Mission Hills Painting San Diego Watercolor

Liquor store on the corner- buy now

Just painted this one at breakfast. One slight snafu when a very pregnant woman illegally parked in the red zone, blocking my view with her Prius. But she got her coffee and left quickly!

Mission Hills Art Painting San Diego

Mission Hills, San Diego Plein Air

Mission Hills Art Painting San Diego

Steep Street in Mission Hills- For Sale

I think this is the first time I’ve ever put cars in a painting. Well, maybe I did in Spain but it’s been more than a decade, so I don’t think it counts.

Also, terrifying street to drive on, BTW. Let alone to park; kudos to those brave drivers.

San Diego Skyline Painting

San Diego Skyline from Mission Hills

San Diego Skyline Painting

San Diego Skyline from Mission Hills – For Sale

I was very excited to paint the skyline from this spot. We’d driven past on Saturday when the clouds were super dramatic.

I was a little disappointed in the clouds on Sunday for not wreathing around the high rises… but I got over it.

Mission HIlls Skyline