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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 [...]
Rancho Camulos Orange Grove 14 x 18 inches oil on canvas More Heritage Valley Highway 126 paintings here Interested in this painting? Click this link to write me. See more of my paintings on my website In the Santa Clara River Valley just northwest of Los Angeles (also known as Heritage Valley), there are numerous [...]
“Morning at the Vineyard Plein Air Oil Painting 9 x 12 oil on linen panel” See more of my vineyard paintings here Last Saturday we spent an enjoyable but busy day at the Falkner Vineyard 2010 invitational paint out hosted by Segil Fine Art. The weather was fine, starting with a stunning pink clouded dawn [...]
Pomegranate Study 8 x 10 oil on linen panel (commission) SOLD This pomegranate painting, a larger version of an earlier small study, was painted for a client who was looking for something bright and juicy for her dining room. I was happy to paint this larger one. Maybe one day I’ll paint it even larger [...]
Poppies and Mandarins 14 x 18 oil on canvas Painted from life The brilliant but delicate iceland poppies form a backdrop for the mandarin oranges. Or perhaps they were tangerines or clementines. I can never be sure about citrus. There is some glare on this painting because it’s soaking wet, but I hope it conveys [...]
Pomegranates and sunflowers 11 x 14 oil on canvas I was interviewed yesterday on Creative Liberty, a wonderful blog about living creatively. Liz Massey, the blog owner and a creative coach asked me some good questions for her “In the Studio” series, and I enjoyed the opportunity to talk about my work flow, staying “unblocked” [...]
Sunday Sunshine – 6″ x 6″ – watercolor with colored pencil accent SOLD to a collector from Texas Rather, this is the sunshine we WISH we had right about now. It’s been cold, wet and lightning is promised tonight. But I really can’t complain because this sort of weather is such a rare event and [...]
Avocado & Leaves – 5 x 7 oil Avocados from our overburdened tree – guacamole coming soon! This was painted from life this morning with actual sunshine streaming in my studio window! I’m feeling better – finally – things are looking up.
“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 thick paint [...]
The Open Pomegranate – 5 x 7 inches – oil on canvasboard Yes, I know it is a little radical compared to yesterday’s more sedate persimmon and plumbago composition, but sometimes a girl’s just got to cut loose and do something different. I had purchased a few pomegranates to put in a still life arrangement [...]
