Friday, March 21, 2008

Vineyard Scenes

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I used to hate painting vineyards...too many rows to mess with and they slow you down. Then I began to realise after painting a few ...
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Thursday, March 06, 2008

Foxen Canyon Field

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"Foxen Canyon Field" 20"x20" Oil on Gallery Wrapped Canvas I saw this scene one day while driving in Foxen Canyon. That...
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Oil Spill

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"Oil Spill Training" 16"x20" Pen & Ink - Stippling First off, I apologise for the terrible photo of this drawing. M...
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First Serious Artwork

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I just ran across this image I had scanned a few years ago. Blair High School in Pasadena was where I actually started my first serious work...

Nightpainting

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Well, just finished doing another painting and the session ran into the wee hours of the morning. I'm trying to catch up to all of the p...
Saturday, February 09, 2008

Wine Label Commission

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As things were winding down at the end of the year, or so I thought, I was contacted by a local vineyard about doing a wine label drawing fo...
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Santa Barbara Streetscene

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Tried another streetscene. This time one in downtown Santa Barbara close to State street. The mountain ridge with all of the houses is an ar...
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Saturday, February 02, 2008

Monrovia Alla Prima

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I love when things go right painting wise...your colors are close, the image looks cool and more importantly, the paint tacks up like you wa...
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Sunday, January 27, 2008

Figueroa Mountains

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Figueroa Mountains 8"x10" Oil on stretched canvas I received some Grumbacher Pre Test oil paints for Christmas and thought it was...
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Deer Crossing WIP

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I came across this reference photo and decided to paint a scene of it. I liked the distance of the mountains coupled with the dark contrast...
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Tuesday, January 08, 2008

Gallery-Wrap Oak Frame

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I have seen some paintings by a few local painters here in the valley that are gallery wrapped paintings in natural finished wood frames......
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Featured Artist Show

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I've just finished hanging the new work at the Morro Bay Art Association Gallery in the seaside town of Morro Bay, California. This will...
Tuesday, December 18, 2007

WIP Above Eaton Canyon

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Here is a short work-in-progress (12"x16") that allows the progression of this painting to be seen to completion. It is another pa...
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Sunday, December 16, 2007

Eaton Canyon

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"Canyon Wall" 12"x16" Oil on canvas I grew up in Pasadena California Which is at the foothills of the San Gabriel moun...
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Saturday, December 08, 2007

The Cafe Show...

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I forgot my camera...twice! Wanted to take pics of the show reception at the cafe and forgot to take it with me that night. Then, had to go...
Sunday, December 02, 2007

Artist Studio Tour Part 3

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OK...the pics I had hoped to take came out terrible so I won't post any of those. It's taken me two weeks now to get around to typin...
Saturday, November 17, 2007

Artist Studio Tour Part 2

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10:45 PM Saturday Night..... All of the hard work paid off. Contrary to what I was told we had visitors galore...one after another they came...
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Artist Studio Tour Part 1

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I'm one of 18 artists participating in a Studio Tour put on by the Wildling Art Museum in Los Olivos, California. I have spent the last ...