I set up late in the afternoon in downtown Montrose, California. The sky was cloudy and getting dark quickly. I concentrated on the perspective of the street first. This foundation allows me to get creative with the colors later and the picture resembles the subject. This painting’s pink and redContinue Reading
Here is a painting I did with my painting group at the Brand Library and park in Glendale, California. The light was bright and the shadows off the library were different shades depending on reflected light. I loved that the Hong Kong orchid tree was in bloom with its giantContinue Reading
Last weekend I painted en plein air at Olvera Street in downtown Los Angeles. It was very busy with locals and tourists seeing the sights and vendors. I painted the alley and some of the historical buildings nearby.Continue Reading
Saturday August 13, 2022 9:00am: Our painting and sketching group met in downtown Los Angeles at the Central Market. Our mission was to paint and sketch the Central Market, Angels Flight, and the Bradbury Building. Luckily, all three of these iconic Los Angeles landmarks are in the same area. IContinue Reading
Last weekend Aug 1st I was at the Sunday farmers’ market in Montrose. I like to paint en plein air the colors and the overlapping shapes of events such as that. Passerbys we’re curious and supportive, one lady said I was a painter and should not quit the profession. PreventingContinue Reading
Bolton Hall Museum is a stone building built many years ago that is used as a site for a small municipal park in Tujunga, California. It is not far from my home so I decided to paint it. I may return because there are different angles of the building toContinue Reading
This morning I did not venture far for my plein air painting. Literally I walked down the street and set up at the corner. I found a good spot where I could see the road disappearing down the hill, the mountains beyond, and an interesting house on the corner. PeopleContinue Reading
This weekend I finished the Montrose Farmers’ Market painting I started a few weeks ago. I cleaned up the lines and fixed some colors. Then I added my stylized dot finish to it. This final layer of color turned a colorful and cheery painting into a strange and otherworldly one.Continue Reading
Last weekend I painted en plein air at a Farmer’s Market in Montrose, California. The dry, sunny day kept drying out my paints. This is my first draft – later I am going to fix the composition, define the lines, and change a few colors. Then I will add theContinue Reading
The Americana 2022, Final version.The underpainting is a plein air cloisonnist illustrative style done with yellow and the top layer is a pointillist dot style done in blue (mostly) to achieve what I call “Closed Impressionism”Continue Reading