Persimmons again. And probably again today !
Wednesday, November 4, 2015
Monday, November 2, 2015
Monday night with persimmons
The persimmon tree has tons of fruit this year. I'm going to paint them before they're all gone. Maybe an hour or so on this one. 8" x 8" oil on canvas.
Friday, October 2, 2015
Still life
I had an afternoon to myself yesterday. Just enough time for a little 8" x 8" still life.
Friday, July 10, 2015
Three paintings from the 4th of July weekend.
Here are three 8" x 8" paintings from our recent trip to the eastern sierras. The weather was wild and uncharacteristicly cool. But it made for beautiful dark skies!
Thursday, April 30, 2015
Almost Daily Painting
I did this plein air landscape in Paso Robles ( outside the Terry Hogue Vineyard) last September but it wasn't finished so I worked on it a little more. Note to self: the paintings are usually 80% finished on site then it's back to the studio to make them work.
Tuesday, April 28, 2015
Echo Park
I went out a couple of weeks ago and painted at the south east tipnof the lake- right by the freeway. Then finished up today in the studio. 18" x 18"
Tuesday, April 14, 2015
Busy Studio Days
The week ends are very busy in the studio these days.
Figure drawing and painting, regular painting and the intro class.
Glad to have so many great people around!
Wednesday, March 25, 2015
Wednesday, March 18, 2015
California Poppies
I made my annual trek out to find poppies. There were reports that they all were baked by an unfortunate Santa Ana over the week end . It was true that there were no flowers at the Antelope Valley Poppy Reserve but I did find a big patch close by and spent a wonderful afternoon painting.
I'll finish there up in the studio and post the finished paintings this week,
Monday, February 9, 2015
Lot's of work happening in the studio!
This week end was great. Busy classes from Friday to Sunday! There's a great group of dedicated students who come here plus a whole bunch who come just for the Intro class. I'm starting to think of summer. Will have some classes on the calendar in March- life drawing intensive and kids classes.
Tuesday, December 30, 2014
Big Sur
I was in Big Sur with my daughters over the holidays. It was stunning and I when I got back I remembered an older painting in the storeroom that I did of Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park. I reworked it. It's larger that the others I have posted at 24" x 24". Oil on canvas.
Sunday, December 14, 2014
Just a few more before the week starts..
I had a really busy week end with classes so there was no chance to be in the storeroom sorting but these have been hanging on the wall for a while. I have enjoyed looking at them. They always get lots of compliments so maybe someone else will enjoy them too. Click on the images for purchase info.
Path Through the Oaks 8" x 10"
Echo Park Lotus Study 6" x 6"
Thursday, December 11, 2014
The sorting goes on........and I found some nice things.
I'm almost through the boxes and my sorting. If I like them I'm putting them for sale on Ebay. I'm up to 24 items! I've got suggested prices to start but if anyone is interested acquiring more than one, call me and talk about discounts. Here's what I listed today.
Tuesday, December 9, 2014
Urban Landscape and some more vineyards
Here are the last of the Mendocino paintings, followed by a couple of urban landscapes that were painted as studies for the Signal Control Cabinet Project in Long Beach. They were never turned into murals but I like them as small paintings. And finally some more vineyards and views of the Santa Rosa Plateau in Riverside County.
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Yorkville Winery 6"x 8"
sold
sold
sold
Monday, December 8, 2014
The First of the Storeroom Paintings
I've had a great time getting the storeroom work sorted out. I'm keeping some urban landscapes together in hopes for a larger exhibition. But there are a bunch of little landscapes that I still really like. I'm auctioning then and will keep posting as the days go on.
Click on the titles or the images for purchase information!
Click on the titles or the images for purchase information!
sold
Thursday, December 4, 2014
The Storeroom
I recently rented 75 canvases to Netflix for their new show Grace and Frankie (Jane Fonda and Lili Thomlin). They used a bunch of stuff from the studio to create an onset art studio at Paramount.
Everything is back now and I'm going through each painting and either putting it up for auction, reworking it and then putting it up for auction or getting rid of it. This might be a great place for bargains. I have vineyard paintings, eastern sierras, urban landscapes, Echo Park and more.
Gotta get to work.
Friday, August 15, 2014
A summer morning from the studio
I went out on the deck with my friend Sarah and painted for a few hours
. This is 12" x 12"
Saturday, July 26, 2014
Haven't posted or painted in a while...
This is a little painting I did to donate to a group that is building a healthy food grocery and cafe way down on Vernont in what is now a food desert. Looking to open in the fall- Vermont just north of the 10 Freeway.
Friday, June 27, 2014
Limited Palette
I'll post the finished glaze painting but I keep putting little touches on it. In the meantime I wanted to post a really successful limited palette still life that Lindsey completed yesterday. This is the is the basic limited palette: venetian red, yellow ochre, black and white. She did a great job and got an amazing amount of color!
Wednesday, June 18, 2014
When the glaze finally built up to a warm neutral dark brown, I started painting in the light.
Then I build up the lights even more then started in the shadows carefully, scumbling shadow color paint while letting the dark of the glaze come through
If there are any areas that aren't dark enough, I'll go back in with another layer of glaze.
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