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Arroyo Bridge Reflections 9 x 12 oil on linen panel This is a familiar scene I return to time and time again – a view of one of the arroyo seco bridges from down below. I have walked across that stream at varying depths – after a rain storm and in mid summer when the [...]
Creekside in Malibu (Malibu Creek State Park) 11 x 14 oil on linen panel Malibu Creek, in the Santa Monica Mountains, is swelling with winter rains, and the water is nourishing the surrounding lands. This painting celebrates the return of spring in one of our most beautiful local areas, Malibu Creek State Park. This is [...]
“Sierra Joy” June Lake Loop area, near Rush Creek, featuring Carson Peak 20 x 24 inches oil on canvas SOLD to a collector from Walnut Creek, CA This is the next in my continuing series of paintings of the eastern Sierra, a studio painting based on plein air reference of a beautiful spot on the [...]
Victorian Lady 9 x 12 oil Along with my landscape painting, I’m getting interested in figurative work, and occasionally make time to paint from a live model as I did this last weekend at Randy Higbee’s studio in Costa Mesa. The assembled painters had the opportunity to paint this lovely woman, Toni, wearing one of [...]
Sierra Storm 12 x 16 inches Oil on linen panel SOLD More Sierra Nevada paintings here In the fall, storms begin to gather over the Sierra, offering dramatic lighting effects. This storm was breezing up and brought two days of downpour in its wake. We outran it and came back to paint another day. The [...]
Sierra Peak Study 6″ x 6″ oil on canvas This small painting is a study preparatory to a larger commissioned painting I am working on. I thought I would take one of the peaks in the range and explore some possibilities of color and brushwork before diving into the larger wide panorama. This is a [...]
