I am happy with this little painting, done as fast as possible. The trash guys dumped the tree out of the trash can into the street. I loved the passive aggressiveness of that.
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Christmas Tree, Trash Day
Yellow January
Termite Tent, South Park
Trash Cans in Hillcrest
Termite Tent in Golden Hill
White Peaches
Wild Mustard, San Diego
Painted on location in Balboa Park last spring.
Termite Tent, South Park
Palm Tree, Sherman Heights
Termite Tent, Banker’s Hill, San Diego
When I was working on this one, a worker from the fumigation company came over and asked if I was “that guy from Instagram who paints the tents.”
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.
Grant Hill Plein Air
Even successfully gave directions to a woman tangled in the maze of dead end streets while painting this.
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.