“Venus after sculpture by Joseph Nollekens” - 9 x 12 charcoal and chalk on paper
Today’s daily painting is actually a drawing done yesterday in one of the galleries at the Getty Museum in Los Angeles - the one in the Sepulveda pass, not the villa. This is another view of Venus a marble […]

“Eucalyptus Afternoon” 15 x11″ watercolor on 140# paper
$100 plus s/h, unmatted. With a standard mat, it will fit perfectly into a 16 x 20 frame.
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This painting was done as an experiment using a triad […]

“The Stories They’d Tell” - 5 1/8″ x 7″ - oil on canvas mounted on masonite.
Among the homeliest objects in our home are this old pair of scissors and a wooden “Clarks” spool. Both are probably from the 40s or 50s, judging from the look of them. Occasionally we’ll […]

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Orchid - 2.5″ x 3.5″ original watercolor painting on illustration board
(ACEO - Art Card Collectibles and Editions)
This little orchid, seen at the LA flower mart, just begged to be painted. I used a magnifying glass to capture all the ruffles and flourishes
Illustration board is a very […]

“Spring Thaw” - Watercolor on paper - 15″ x 11″ - 140# paper
We’ve been discussing color studies recently in the everyday matters yahoo group, so I’m posting this, and the preliminary “thumbnail” study as an example of that sort of thing. In a value study, the lights and darks (without color) […]

“Pine Hillside” 7″ x 10.5″ - Watercolor on paper - A scene from the Angeles Crest Forest, about an hour from our house, up in the mountains.
Time for an update. The past few days have been more than a little hectic. My aunt went back to the emergency room again […]

“Still Life with Bottle and Pear” - Watercolor - 9″ x 13″
This is another value study for my class, a challenge to those who wanted to do a little ‘extra credit.’ I’ll be taking it in Saturday along with a color landscape using a triad, to be done in the next few […]

“Country Chateau” - oil on board - 8 x 10
One of our clients needed an illustration for a project they were doing, so this past week I had the opportunity to do this oil painting for them. I can’t share more details than that - but I thought you might like to see one […]

Jug and Candle - watercolor on paper
What a week - busy on all fronts, from doing an illustration project for a client (oil painting to be posted soon) to a sudden out of town business trip. The night before my Saturday watercolor class I had barely enough time to set up a quick still […]