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“Canyon View” 16 x 20 oil on canvas Towering deodar trees frame a hillside overlooking Chevy Chase Canyon in Glendale, California. There is a little park where Linda Vista meets Figueroa. if you hike down a trail out of the park, this is the view. This is one of six paintings I’ll be bringing to [...]
Oak Byway – 11.5″ x 9″ – pastel on paper After working almost exclusively in oil for the past year (with a few sidetrips into watercolor,) I felt like taking out my pastels for a little experimentation. I’m going to be doing a larger pastel painting in the near future, so this is a bit [...]
“Spring Thaw at a Mountain Lake” 11 x 14 watercolor Although it may seem that I’ve been missing in action, I’ve been busily working on many deadlines for different shows, and now some of that is behind me. Other deadlines loom, but they’re at a manageable distance. I took a little time tonight to work [...]
“Hillside Dancers” 5 x 7 watercolor on paper As spring approaches, the rain makes the colors all run together, wildly coursing down the hillside. Thalo and gamboge, sap green and ochres … all rushing headlong in a vernal frenzy.
Eaton Canyon Trail 8 x 10 oil on canvasboard A plein air adventure SOLD Although I had a wonderful time enjoying the company of my art pal Wendee while painting out in nature, today, just about everything that could go wrong, did. When we got to the location, I discovered that I had left my [...]
Sycamores and Sand – 5 x 7 acrylic on canvas on board Click for actual size painting Colors are strongest at sunset and dawn. In this miniature painting of a winter sunrise, the dawn touches wildflowers and clinging sycamore leaves and makes them shimmer. The location is near Palm Springs in one of the canyons [...]
Here’s the Daily Painters ad for May’s American Art Collector magazine – My painting is the seascape in the upper right hand corner I’m one of the juried artists at Daily Painters a collective of professional artists who paint and post daily. That particular 16 x 20 inch oil painting sold last year, but I [...]
Tulip Magnolia – 7.25 x 7.25 inches – watercolor SOLD The magnolias have arrived in all their glory. A procession of bloom should follow for a month or so, so I’m going to make the most of it while I can. In some parts of town the trees are in full bloom, while in other [...]
While I work on some large paintings, here’s a small watercolor sketch of a lion dog, also known as a foo dog. It is one of two guardians of the new Chinese garden, opening very soon at the Huntington Library and Gardens in San Marino. According to
Camellia Blossom – 11 x 14 oil on canvas Camellias bloom in Los Angeles anytime from November to spring, depending upon the species. These are the first in a botanical series which I’m starting work on. There was a certain learning curve as I worked to render the delicacy of the petals. I’m used to [...]
