Archive for September, 2011
Friday, September 30th, 2011
“Alone in the Sunset” (Placerita Canyon, Santa Clarita Valley, CA) 10 x 8 plein air oil painting Most of the time when I paint landscapes, the trees are part of a whole scene, rather than dominating it. In this case, the tree is featured as if in a portrait. An individual portrait is to a [...]
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Thursday, September 29th, 2011
“Walker Basin Overlook” 8 x 10 oil on plein air panel Plein air painting in Kern County at the Rankin Ranch, September 2011 This morning view, painted on location north of Caliente, California, is in the very southernmost tip of the Sierra Nevada range. Although the mountains are small in this location, they will likely [...]
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Sunday, September 25th, 2011
“Lucky Fortune Cookie” 6 x 6 oil painting Interested in this painting? Click this link to write me. See more of my paintings on my website I will leave it to your imagination what the whole text of the fortune is. Maybe it says “In love you will be lucky.” Or “Today is the day [...]
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Friday, September 23rd, 2011
Morning Light on Lightner Peak 9 x 12 plein air oil painting on panel Walker Basin, view from Rankin Ranch of Lightner Peak, Kern County oil painting A few days ago I had an opportunity to paint at the Rankin Ranch near Caliente in the Walker Basin, Kern County. This was painted 95% on location, [...]
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Sunday, September 18th, 2011
Half Dome, from Glacier Point, Yosemite 12 x 16″ original oil painting Interested in this painting? Click this link to write me. More Yosemite paintings here More Sierra Nevada paintings here See more of my paintings on my website From the valley floor, Yosemite’s Half Dome is a lofty structure. But it is only from [...]
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Friday, September 9th, 2011
“Sunset Palms” 9 x 12 oil on birch ply panel In Los Angeles you can look almost anywhere and see rows of palm trees in the distance, lining a street. This group just happens to be adjacent to my house, which comes in handy for painting. The sunset was spectacular a few nights ago – [...]
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Thursday, September 8th, 2011
Sierra Seasons 11 x 14 inches – California Sierra landscape oil painting (Sierra Creek, eastern Sierra Nevada, California) As the summer heat melts away, fall comes to the Sierra, and the cooler nights start to turn the creek-side willows from bright green to gold. The spires of evergreens catch the last light of the day. [...]
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Monday, September 5th, 2011
‘When you find ‘The One’” 11 x 14 oil painting on canvas Wedding gown shoppers at Mary Linn’s Bridal Shop in Pasadena, California For a long time, I’ve wanted to paint a charming bridal shop in Pasadena named Mary Linns. I’m guessing that it has been there a very long time and no doubt contributed [...]
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Sunday, September 4th, 2011
Bishop Creek Reflections (near Lake Sabrina) 6 x 6 inch oil painting Sierra Nevada fall color art SOLD More Sierra Nevada paintings here More miniature oil paintings here When the aspens turn, they are never lovelier than when their color is reflected in a mountain stream, as it is in this view of Bishop Creek, [...]
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Thursday, September 1st, 2011
Yosemite Falls (waterfall view from Yosemite Valley Floor) 8 x 10 oil painting on linen panel See more of my Yosemite paintings here More Sierra Nevada paintings here My husband and I have been visiting Yosemite since we honeymooned there (a very long time ago) and it never fails to captivate me, no matter the [...]
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