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“Defiance of Brunhilde” 12 x 16 oil on linen panel This portrait was painted in conjunction with the performance of Wagner’s Ring Cycle, which is in its final week in Los Angeles. The model for this painting was a high school student in Orange County, who may have been about the same age as the [...]
“Morning Swim in the Arroyo Seco” 16 x 12 inches oil on canvas SOLD Ducks gently paddle in the pond beneath Pasadena’s Colorado Street Bridge … a scene of rural tranquility in the heart of Pasadena’s Arroyo Seco. Readers of this blog will remember the great duck adventure a few years back, as we watched [...]
“His Eye is on the Sparrow” 11 x 14 oil SOLD This painting is a tender subject that I have painted before, in watercolor, but this time I decided to paint it in oil for the Art for the Animals show at Gale’s Restaurant. (452 S. Fair Oaks, Pasadena.) The reception is this Sunday, June [...]
“Show me the Scampi” 9 x 12 oil SOLD This charming cat is named Pita, and I don’t think it refers to mediterranean flatbread. The kitteh haz attitude – but then, don’t all cats? I’ve painted a lot of animals in preparation for the Art for Animals show at Gale’s Restaurant in Pasadena. The reception [...]
“Sunset Surf” 8 x 10 oil California seascape … dramatic clouds make colorful accents to this Southern California marine seascape. Whenever there is a marine layer with breaks for the sun, the sunsets are spectacular. I’m getting ready to do some plein air painting one day this week at the San Clemente Plein Air Festival, [...]
Roses and Hollyhocks 6″ x 8″ acrylic on canvas Floral botanical painting A miniature painting, 6 x 8″ – of some hollyhocks which are currently blooming near where I live. Ruffles and flourishes in a summer mood. I’ve been experimenting with acrylic and doing some plein air painting with it, too. Although it handles much [...]
Peters Canyon Meadow 14 x 18 oil on canvas commissioned work SOLD This painting was based upon a plein air study which I did earlier this spring posted on my blog awhile ago. When I scaled it up for my client, I added more detail and refined certain shapes that were only roughly suggested in [...]
Memorial Day Concert, 2010 (La Canada Flintridge, featuring Captain Cardiac and the Coronaries) 8 x 10 plein air oil painting If you have a question or or would like to find out if a painting is still available for sale….. Write Me Ah, the beginning of summer, and the summer Music in the Park series [...]
Grazing at Lone Pine (Eastern Sierras, California, near the city of Lone Pine) 12″ x 16″ oil on linen panel Sierra Nevada oil painting SOLD See more of my Sierra Nevada Oil Paintings at this link. This new painting will be exhibited at Gale’s Restaurant in Pasadena beginning tomorrow as part of the Art for [...]
