Sunday, July 26, 2009

Twilight

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"Twilight Finale" 12" X 16" Oil on canvas Both of my daughters were here this weekend so it was a mad house. Once everyo...
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Saturday, July 25, 2009

Carpinteria Show

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Urban Scenes, the latest show put on by the Carpinteria Valley Arts Council, starts tomorrow...Saturday July 25 at 10 am. I was very fortun...
Sunday, July 19, 2009

Clouds

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"March Skies" 16" X 20" Oil on Canvas We get great storms coming through here that bring the most amazing cloud formati...
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Wednesday, July 15, 2009

More Eucalyptus Trees

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Thumbnail sketch for this painting.... I wanted to throw the type of sky I have been doing lately with a scene of eucalyptus trees across a...
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Monday, July 13, 2009

Moonrise Near Foxen Canyon

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"Moonrise Near Foxen Canyon" 16" X 20" Oil on canvas I wanted a good sky and am working with these colors lately until ...
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Wednesday, July 08, 2009

Grass Mountain

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"Below Grass Mountain" 12" x 24" Oil on Canvas Grass Mountain is located in the Figueroa mountains which run on the nor...
Monday, July 06, 2009

California Landscape

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"California Landscape" 12" X 24" Oil on canvas What a generic title. The one thing about that title is that this painti...
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Monday, June 29, 2009

Blue and Green

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" Evening Blue and Green" 9" x 12" Oil on canvas covered panel Another good color combination I like is a Cerulean Blue ...

Depth in a Painting

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One of the things early painters seem to struggle with is adding depth into their paintings. Depth adds to the atmosphere while also adding ...
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Wednesday, June 24, 2009

Oaks on the Chamberlain Ranch

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"Oaks on the Chamberlain Ranch" 22" X 28" Oil on canvas In this painting I wanted to try capturing the evening light ag...
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Thursday, June 18, 2009

Goleta

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On one of my trips down to Santa Barbara I decided to take the beach route instead of climbing over the mountains. This was last winter and ...
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Wednesday, June 17, 2009

A Desert Sunset

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" A Desert Sunset" 8" x 10" The reference photo for this painting was taken at sunset in the small town of Los Olivos ju...
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Carrizo Wash

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I used this particular color scheme on one of my earlier paintings and liked it. Something about the white sandy wash against the olive gree...
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Friday, June 05, 2009

Moon Over The Chamberlain Ranch

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" Moon Over The Chamberlain Ranch" 12" X 16" Oil on panel There is a spot along Foxen Canyon that is up on a hill...one ...
Monday, June 01, 2009

Carrizo Spring

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"Carrizo Spring" 12" X 16" Oil on panel Getting good reference photos of the Carrizo Plain in bloom has really inspired...
Friday, May 29, 2009

Figueroa Mountain Hillside

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"Figueroa Mountains Hillside" 9"x 12" Oil on canvas covered panel Just finished this one up that I had painted to work ...
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Wednesday, May 20, 2009

Mustard Painting

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"A Peaceful Afternoon" 8" X 10" Oil on masonite panel Every year the mustard comes to California and blooms along the h...
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Wednesday, May 13, 2009

The Carrizo Plain

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Wanting to make good use of my reference photos taken up at the Carrizo Plain I decided to paint another scene from there. This one has more...
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Monday, May 11, 2009

Santa Maria Sunset

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"Santa Maria Sunset" 12" X 16" Oil on canvas covered panel Alla Prima work is so fun when it goes right. I started this...
Saturday, May 09, 2009

Caliente Mountains

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There are 2 mountain ranges that border the Carrizo Plain, the Temblor Range and the Caliente Range. This scene is looking towards the Calie...