“Fishing the Upper Kern”
14 x 18 oil on canvas
Not for sale - gift
This painting, a gift for our son, was painted from a photo reference he took last summer on a backpack and fishing trip to the Upper Kern River, near Johnsondale, California.
We have rafted on the Kern many times and might again, some day. […]

“Peaceful Passage”
5 x 7″ oil on canvas on board
S. Thompson River, Kamloops, BC
This small study was a project for the Wet Canvas weekly painting event, using a reference provided at the site. Sometimes it’s just fun to paint something different from a different area, if I don’t have the opportunity to get out myself.
We […]

Blackfaced Highlanders
14 x 18 oil on canvas
Gift, not for sale

This painting depicts one of our family’s ancestral homelands - the Isle of Skye looking toward the mainland of Scotland on the southeastern part of Skye. Many years ago we had the opportunity to visit there and, looking up the records in the Clan Donald […]

Java Jolt
5 x 7 inches oil on canvas panel
There was a time when I could drink espresso any time, day or evening after dinner and fall asleep like a baby. Well, a sleepy baby, not a cranky crying baby. My espresso drinking days may be over unless I can find a decaf drip. I would […]

“When Aspens Turn”
(Eastern Sierra, California)
8 x 10 oil on linen panel
This is a new painting from my fall trip to the Sierra. We had no sooner arrived in mid October than a rain and snowstorm showed up, and made us cut our trip short. When we returned a week later, there was much more snow […]

“A Very Good Year”
8 x 10 oil on archival canvas panel
Plein air painting - Falkner Winery - Day 2
This is the second of the three plein air paintings I did during the paintout. Because I like to put some sharp detail into my paintings, and because that can be difficult to layer when painting […]

Vineyard Afternoon
(Falkner Winery, Temecula, California)
9 x 12
Plein air - oil on linen panel
There’s something about the afternoon light in the Temecula and Fallbrook areas that just makes me melt when I see it. I love the soft peaches and gold tones that come around magic hour … and when it kisses the vines just so, […]

“Gift from the Sea”
Pt. Lobos Tide Pool - Carmel
18 x 24 oil on canvas
Over the weekend I got the good news that this painting, Gift from the Sea, which I painted over the summer, has been juried into the California Art Club’s Blinn House show at the Women’s City Club of Pasadena. This is the […]

“Arches of Light” - Colorado Street Bridge in the Arroyo Seco, Pasadena
11 x 14
oil on canvas
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This painting is a study for a larger work which I hope to be doing pretty soon - a view of the Colorado Street Bridge from an angle I’ve not painted before. […]

Arroyo Landmarks
12 x 16 oil on canvas
Original oil painting
SOLD
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This is a painting I’ve been working on for awhile, and I thought it was time I finished it up while I continue progress with my fall Sierra series.
The Colorado Street Bridge (also known as the Suicide Bridge to […]