“A Touch of Home” - oil on canvas - 12″ x 16″
First of all, welcome to all the new readers that I’ve told about my blog in the past few days - gentle folk who have passed through our gallery and left me with wonderful memories and stories. I hope that […]

“Desert Hills” - 5″ x 7″ pastel
The colors of the desert near Palm Springs provided the inspiration for this small pastel painting, which I worked on today. It was quite gray and drizzly today at the show, but it didn’t seem to dampen the spirits of our visitors.
Just to give you […]

“Under Autumn Skies” - 11 x 14 oil on canvas
This was the painting I worked on yesterday at Descanso Gardens’ Carriage House Gallery. I did a good part of it during the day while I gallery-sat, then finished the rest at home in the evening.
The place is the upper Arroyo […]

“Azalea Spring” 5×7 oil on board
Today I enjoyed visits from Ginny L. and Louisa M. of our Wednesday morning paint out group, as well as from Nan and her friend Barbara, two other art buddies. One of our son’s friend’s mother dropped by as well, so I had a […]

“Onion and Peppers” - 5″ x 7″ oil
Yesterday, my “Blackberry Summer” still life painting found a home with a collector, so I painted another little vignette in the same still life genre. It’s soaking wet, which is why the top of the painting is glistening from the light shining on it. […]

“Winging Home” 16 x 20 oil on canvas (Zuma Beach - Malibu)
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Today was a wonderful day in so many ways. The reception took place as planned and I had the opportunity to visit for awhile with friends old and new. My college roommate, Bobbi, came with her husband and […]

“On Descanso Pond” 5 x 7″ oil on gessoed board
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There is a large pond (or a small lake) at Descanso Gardens where migrating birds stop to rest. Turtles swim in the water and herons are commonly seen wading in the distance along the far shore. A large white […]

“September Clouds” - 11 x 15 watercolor on paper - plein air
I couldn’t imagine a more picture perfect day than the one I had today. Although there was the suggestion of a weather front on the way, the cumulus clouds merely circled our little valley, putting on one of the grandest display of […]

Golden Days - a highway near Lompoc - 12 x 16 oil on canvas
It’s become a little more difficult to keep up a daily painting practice during the show although I’m giving it a good try. This scene was started as a demonstration at Descanso and finished at home in studio. My […]

Center Stage Descanso 9 x 12 oil on canvasboard
Today, instead of doing another watercolor I brought out my oil painting kit to do an impressionistic version of the center planter right near the Descanso entrance.
There aren’t any vast flowerbeds in bloom where we are, near the Carriage House, so […]