Friday, September 18, 2009

The Carrizo Plain

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"Carrizo Plain Bloom" 6" X 8" Oil on panel Yep, the massive Carrizo Plain squeezed down into a small 6" X 8" ...
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Chalk Hill

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"Clouds Over Chalk Hill" 6" X 8" Oil on panel I painted this scene in a larger 12" X 16" back in early summer...
Wednesday, September 16, 2009

Twilight Alla Prima

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"Central Coast Twilight" 6X8 Oil on panel I had this small 6X8 Ray Mar panel that was an early effort at plein air....hated the...
Tuesday, September 15, 2009

Summerland..down by the beach

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" Beach Party" 9" X 12" Oil on Linen I was on a recent trip to Carpenteria to pick up artwork at a show that had ended. ...
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Thursday, September 10, 2009

Alla Prima Study

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"Hilltop Study" 6" X 8" Oil on panel This morning I wanted to get some painting in before having to run some errands an...
Wednesday, September 09, 2009

New Frames Arrived!

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Actually, it isn't that big of a moment. My order of new frames arrived. These are to help out for the busy month of November 2009. In ...

Santa Ynez...Evening Light

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"Evening Across Santa Ynez" 12" X 24" Oil on Canvas I love the last light hitting the mountains. It always gives off th...
Thursday, September 03, 2009

While at the BBQ....

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" Calkins Road Vineyard" 12" X 16" Oil on Masonite panel. Linda and I went to a BBQ at a friends house over on Calkins R...
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Tuesday, September 01, 2009

Moon Over Kansas

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" Moonrise Over Kansas" 12" x 24" Oil on Canvas OK...I can't sit and paint vineyards non stop. I've been wanting...
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Sunday, August 30, 2009

Vineyard, Lucas and Lewellen

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" Lucas & Lewellen Vineyard" 12" X 24" Oil on Canvas This vineyard is right up the highway from where I live. I don...
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Saturday, August 29, 2009

A New Gallery

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I've been wanting to put this on here for a while now. I was approached by a gallery a while back but wanted to wait until things were ...
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Friday, August 28, 2009

Vineyard Alla Prima

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"Kalyra Eve" 12 X 24 Oil on Canvas I'm going to do a Plein Air show at the Faulkner vineyard in Temecula. The Faulkner Winery...
Wednesday, August 19, 2009

A Meadow at Evening

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Meadow at the Mission 9X12 Oil on Linen panel This tiny meadow is over at Mission Santa Ynez and overlooks the valley at the eastern end of...
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Tuesday, August 11, 2009

Critique

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...And another good thing about joining and Artists Guild are the fringe benefits. One of them would be the occasional free critique session...
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Monday, August 10, 2009

Vacation

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This post has nothing to do with art except that while in Kansas I took a boat load of reference photos. I attended an Army reunion with som...
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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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