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Cabrillo
The cliffs in Cabrillo. I painted this last summer.
San Diego Bay
Ocean Beach from the Pier

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From the pier.
Cabrillo Surf

Painted this morning “en plein air” at Cabrillo.
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Ocean Beach Pier, aka Misty’s Home

I painted this on Monday or Wednesday. I was trying to be on the OB Pier, but I’m not gifted at navigation and wound up on the wrong street and then I got lazy. An older guy showed me his 49ers tattoo and asked me to name the painting “Misty’s Home” after his dog since this vantage point is her favorite place. So here’s “Misty’s Home.”
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Cabrillo Plein Air

Painted on location “en plein air” on the rocks in Cabrillo National Monument, out on Point Loma. for sale
I know it isn’t savage weather to you non- SoCal folks, but after 3 hours in a wet west wind, I was frozen.
Painted last year.

Ocean Beach Pier, Gray Weather

The Ocean Beach Pier, seen from across the channel in Mission Beach. Originally posted in early 2013. for sale

Rusty Handrail, Ocean Beach

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Painted on location in Ocean Beach.

Butterfly Beach Painting, Santa Barbara

A cool gray morning in Santa Barbara. for sale

Aircraft Carrier and Sailboats

A cool marine layer overhead down on the docks. Not the most restful place to paint, since a Coast Guard helicopter landed about 50 feet away and blew over the easel. for sale
Sunset Cliffs Landscape Painting

Painted on location in Ocean Beach. for sale
Although now that I look at this, maybe it was actually Del Mar. Who knows? Both by the water, both have trees and dirt.

Gray Cabrillo Surf

Painted on location in Cabrillo, on Point Loma. for sale
Went to Cabrillo today to paint with my friend Margaret.
This composition is weird. I did not know if this would work, and I’m not 100% sure it does work. But it is what it is. I think as artists we need to try to step outside what is comfortable and push the ‘rules’ or even break all of them while staying inside a particular tradition.
Here’s mine:
Here’s hers:
We also learned, from eavesdropping on tourists, that people in Spain are more dedicated about recycling than people in Texas. It’s only hearsay though, so don’t quote me on it.

San Elijo Lagoon

San Elijo Lagoon- For Sale
A painting from last year- painted on location in the marshes. A beautiful, quiet place.

Ocean Beach Painting

Painted on location in OB, San Diego. for sale