“Creekside Afternoon” - Placerita Canyon 11 x 15 watercolor with colored pencil accent
Things started to settle in today at the show, so I was able to take out my traveling watercolor palette and start a painting (this one) which I finished at home where things were a little calmer.
Tomorrow […]

“Windswept” 18 x 24 oil on canvas
This new painting was finished just a few days ago, and will be in the show at Descanso Gardens, now just two days away. It’s my favorite painting, so far, for a few reasons. For one, it’s the largest oil painting I’ve attempted […]

Red Tulip 11 x 15 watercolor on paper (quarter sheet)
Here’s another new one for the show - a red and golden striped tulip from Descanso Gardens, catching the last rays of the day. And speaking of rays, I’m happy to report that our heat wave has broken. We had […]

“Eaton Canyon Trail” 9 x 12 - watercolor on paper
The show prepping continues as I went to the frame store this morning and got some gorgeous plein air gilded frames. I put the paintings in them and loved the effect. Tomorrow is watercolor framing day and time to take […]

“Coneflowers” 9 x 12 watercolor on paper
Tonight was the meeting of our local art association, and we were privileged to see a demonstration by Fealing Lin, a remarkably gifted watercolorist who came to the US from Taipei as a dentist and reinvented herself as a fine artist. Her style is […]

“Gloriosas in Excelsis” - 11 x 15 watercolor on paper
Gloriosa daisies (aka Rudbeckias) are among my favorite casual flowers. I love roses, of course, and alstroemerias, and lilacs, Shasta daisies, penstemons - ah, so many flowers so little time. But gloriosas are wonderful workhorses in a garden setting, as in this center […]

Hot Cannas - 11 x 15 watercolor on paper
SOLD
As I get ready for the show in a few weeks, I’ve been painting numerous large florals which I might offer for sale matted, but unframed. This is one of them, which I think fits the climate pretty well right now. We’re having an […]