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Pear Tree at the Old Mill 12 x 9 oil painting on linen Interested in this painting? Click this link to write me. See more of my paintings on my website El Molino Viejo, in San Marino, California is an old adobe building where historically there was a grist mill. Growing around the far side [...]
Huntington Gardens Tea Room and Rose Garden Oil Painting 11 x 14 inches – oil on canvas This is a plein air painting that I did a few years ago, and somehow it escaped being photographed and posted to my blog. A recent conversation prompted me to revisit it and I discovered that it was [...]
Lacy Park on the Fourth of July 2009 9 x 12 plein air painting SOLD Click the image for a higher quality, larger version. Interested in this painting? Please write. Remember that old “Chicago” song … “Saturday, in the park, I think it was the fourth of July.” Well, this time it really was! My [...]
Courtyard Wedding Reception, Saturday, Nov. 22, 2008 at the Huntington Langham Hotel Original plein air painting, 9 x 12 oil on linen on board SOLD This past Saturday I had the pleasure of painting at the Huntington Langham Hotel in San Marino as a participant in an “artist in residence” program. I was the participant [...]
“Huntington Hotel Palms” – 9 x 12 oil on canvas Paintout report: It was a picture perfect day in Southern California, although it didn’t start out that way. We had been getting a little early taste of “June Gloom” which meant that a low marine layer hovered over much of the southland until it burned [...]
“Autumn Glow” 16 x 20 oil on canvas The Japanese Garden at the Huntington Library, Gallery and Botanical Gardens – in all its autumn glory. This painting is now being shown at the Chevy Chase Country Club in a special show themed “The Artist Travels.” Some of our paintings are from far away lands and [...]
Pink Magnolia – Huntington Gardens 16 x 20 oil on canvas This is another new painting I’m taking to the Huntington for Art Matters (see yesterday’s post for information on the event this coming weekend. In the spring, the Huntington magnolias are a sight to behold. Their delicacy reminds me of the inside of pink [...]
“White Magnolias” 16 x 20 oil on canvas SOLD at the Art Matters show The moment I saw these beauties at the Huntington Gardens and Library, I just knew that I had to paint them. They were luminous in the morning light – exactly the kind of subject matter that excites me. This will be [...]
While I work on some large paintings, here’s a small watercolor sketch of a lion dog, also known as a foo dog. It is one of two guardians of the new Chinese garden, opening very soon at the Huntington Library and Gardens in San Marino. According to
Oak and Aloes – 9 x 12 oil on canvas In the desert garden area of Huntington Botanical Gardens there is a mature live oak tree surrounded by exotic desert and tropical plants, many of which have an origin in South Africa. Winter is the time for aloes to bloom – and their red flower [...]
