A perfect poppy day California poppies landscape painting

“A perfect poppy day”
9 x 12 inch oil painting on plein air panel
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It’s poppy time in the high desert – the Antelope Valley – and this year’s rains mean everything is positively brilliant.
This new painting of California poppies blooming as far as the eye can see also includes touches of lupine, fiddlenecks, and other spring flowers.

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California poppy fields landscape oil painting – One Brilliant Moment

“One Brilliant Moment”
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9 x 12 inch oil painting
California poppies, Lancaster Poppy Reserve

This past week was peak bloom time for the poppies of the Lancaster Poppy Reserve, just north of Los Angeles. Painting there is an annual pleasure for me and in spite of the drought, the poppies didn’t disappoint. This is one of the paintings that came out of that trip. Another will be posted here soon.

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California Poppy time oil painting Antelope Valley

“Poppy Time”
(Antelope Valley Lancaster Poppy Preserve)
oil painting, 11 x 14 inches


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Our winter rains remind me that it won’t be long before the Antelope Valley California Poppy Reserve will be in full bloom, as it is in this 11 x 14 painting. The difficult thing about painting in the poppy area is the strong winds, which I experienced a few years ago painting out at the Tejon Ranch (the south side of the ranch property, facing Antelope Valley.) This year, if I go out there to paint again, I’ll have my new Soltek easel, which has a much wider stance than my favorite EasyL. At the Tejon I had to hold onto my EasyL with one hand to keep it from going over, but the painter next to me had a Soltek and it was rock solid. The disadvantage of the Soltek, however, is that the palette is much farther away from the painting. So, there are tradeoffs, as with most things.