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“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 [...]
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 [...]
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. [...]
“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 [...]
“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 [...]
Vineyard Afternoon (Falkner Winery, Temecula, California) 9 x 12 Plein air – oil on linen panel SOLD 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 [...]
“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. [...]
“Arches of Light” – Colorado Street Bridge in the Arroyo Seco, Pasadena 11 x 14 oil on canvas SOLD Although this painting is sold, I have many more Pasadena paintings at this link: Pasadena paintings This painting is a study for a larger work which I hope to be doing pretty soon – a view [...]
Arroyo Landmarks 12 x 16 oil on canvas Original oil painting SOLD More Pasadena paintings at this link: Pasadena paintings 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 [...]
