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Yucca at Anza Borrego (San Diego County) 9 x 12 oil on canvas A visit to the Anza Borrego Desert State Park inspired this painting of yucca and desert wildflowers. When the rainfall is sufficient and in the right quantity and at the right time, the color is breathtaking, even though short-lived. Tomorrow is the [...]
San Gabriel Vista (from the Arroyo Seco) 14 x 18 oil on canvas This view of the San Gabriel Mountains is from a familiar viewpoint along a trail in the Hahamongna watershed area, formerly known as Oak Grove Park. These days it’s the home of a frisbee golf course, and I have to stay heads [...]
Sunset Splendor Thousand Oaks at Satwiwa Park 9 x 12 oil on linen panel painting SOLD Last weekend we enjoyed a beautiful sunset out in Thousand Oaks, in the Santa Monica Mountains near the Satwiwa Village Cultural Center and Boney Mountain. Slight rainfall has made the landscape green with a down of annual rye grass, [...]
Mt. Whitney Portal – Oil sketch (near Lone Pine, CA, looking westward to the East Face of Mt. Whitney and the Alabama Hills) 8 x 10 oil on canvas on board Click image for larger, higher quality version. For more information, please write. In the late afternoon, the angled top of Lone Pine Peak catches [...]
Owens Valley Morning 12 x 16 inches oil on canvas The eastern Sierra Nevada is a place of many different textures, moods and biomes, depending where you look. Just a short distance from some of the cottonwood groves I’ve painted is this desert like area with sagebrush and other desert wildflowers. Being an Angeleno, I [...]
Eaton Canyon Springtime 16 x 20 oil on canvas SOLD to a collector from Pasadena Interested in this painting? Please write. This spring, be sure to mark your calendar to visit Eaton Canyon in Altadena when the wildflowers are in bloom. There has been enough rain that we should probably have a good show again. [...]
“Owens River – A good day for fishing” 14 x 18 oil on canvas SOLD to a lovely couple relocating to Montana This new panting features what I’ve been told is one of the best fishing spots on the Lower Owens River. It’s near Highway 168 close to a place known to the locals as [...]
“California Sycamore – Tranquility” 18″ x 18″ SOLD (commission) This is the matching painting which pairs with the California Live Oak which I posted yesterday. Together, the two frame the dining room door of gentle lady who commissioned their creation. There is always some serendipity with painting. You never know exactly what is going to [...]
“Strength” 18 x 18 ink and ink wash on paper SOLD (commission) This painting was done as a commission for a client and I have posted it here to show an example of my work. Please do not use it without my permission. It is protected by copyright and is not “free” to use as [...]
Autumn Cottonwoods (Owens Valley, on Hwy 395) 12 x 16 oil on linen panel SOLD More Sierra Nevada paintings here Last weekend we took a trip up into the Eastern Sierras for a painting and photo trip. Unfortunately the wind gusts were up to 15 miles per hour which made keeping a canvas on an [...]
