“Harvest” 8 x 10 oil
Available
Persimmons are still in season around here, so I decided to do another still life including one. This is a lot looser than most of the oil paintings I’ve been doing, and I enjoyed the opportunity to try something different. This was painted from life using reasonably […]

“Climbing Rose” 5 x 7 oil on canvas on board
This is the second in what will be an ongoing series of rose portraits - at least as long as they keep blooming, which will probably be a few more weeks from the looks of things at Huntington Gardens and Descanso Gardens. […]

Twin Roses - 5″ x 7″ oil on canvas on board
I just love roses. And no one grows them better and more beautifully in So. California than Descanso Gardens. These are from the International Rosarium which is in full bloom with the last big show of the year.

November Dawn (Scott Gallery -Huntington Gardens) 12 x 16 oil on canvas
This studio painting depicting dawn in the Shakespeare Garden is based on plein sketches and photos I’ve taken at the Huntington. In fact, I’ve never been there at dawn, but I’ve taken some liberties with a noon photo (below) […]

Pink waterlilies - 9 x 12 inches - oil on canvas
I had such a good time painting the reflections on “Drifters in the Stream” that I decided to paint another “reflections” painting but this time with brighter subject matter. These bright waterlilies provided exciting subject matter to practice with.
Saturday night’s opening at […]

Persimmon and Plumbago - 8 x 10 oil - Available
I was coming into the house from the driveway today and saw that our plumbago shrub was covered with blue-violet blooms. It immediately struck me that those colors would be a good compliment to the yellow-orange persimmon I painted last night, and which […]

“Poppy Fields” - 11 x 14 inches - oil on canvas -
SOLD
This painting, inspired by California’s Lancaster poppy reserve is not for sale but is being donated to a fundraising auction to help an educational program. I had such a good time painting it that I will probably paint […]

“White Lilies” - 5 x 7 oil on canvasboard
These are two of the blossoms in the beautiful bouquet my children sent me in celebration of some of my recent good news. I’m slowly catching up and getting back to ‘’normal.” This week I hope to get back in the routine of painting […]

Center Stage Descanso 9 x 12 oil on canvasboard
Today, instead of doing another watercolor I brought out my oil painting kit to do an impressionistic version of the center planter right near the Descanso entrance.
There aren’t any vast flowerbeds in bloom where we are, near the Carriage House, so […]

Red Tulip 11 x 15 watercolor on paper (quarter sheet)
Here’s another new one for the show - a red and golden striped tulip from Descanso Gardens, catching the last rays of the day. And speaking of rays, I’m happy to report that our heat wave has broken. We had […]