Gross Park
2021-05-03
Painted at Gross Park in Burbank. Thank you to my daughter for telling me to be patient, it turned out good in the end!Continue Reading
Final Palm Avenue
2021-04-30
I decided the palette knife treatment needed another layer so I did a pointillism technique on top. This would be a third “layer” to this painting. The first was a complementary color layer. I am beginning to think the dots need to go directly on the first layer. I willContinue Reading
Palm Avenue Painting
2021-04-18
Yesterday I decided to do a painting using my palette knives. I think I am not skilled enough will this style to get it down in one pass. This is a work in progress.Continue Reading
Plein Air Painting at Sunset
2021-04-01
Today I was plein air painting Brace Canyon Park Burbank, California. I think it went well for an alla prima (all at once) painting.Continue Reading
Return to Plein Air – Cityscape
2021-03-26
Last week I painted this live (en plein air) while in downtown Burbank on San Fernando Blvd. It was a nice, sunny day before the weather really started to heat up, regardless my arms got sunburnt. It was good practice and nice to be outside painting again.Continue Reading
Downtown Theater
2020-04-27
I did a plein air painting of the theater in downtown Burbank a few months ago. It was very rough and sat unfinished on the easel. Usually I would study a photo from the scene to sharpen up the painting and help the composition, but I neglected to take aContinue Reading
Downtown Transit Station
2020-04-17
Here is the finished painting of the transit station I started last month. The building is painted green and is designed in an art deco style. Inside there are vending machines and bike lockers.Continue Reading
Painting the nearly empty transit station
2020-04-05
I snuck out to the downtown transit station to paint today. The station is done in bright green art deco style. There were more pidgeons than people passing through today.Continue Reading
Downtown Burbank
2020-03-28
I started this painting en plein air earlier this year from a parking structure that overlooks the street in downtown Burbank. I spent some time today finishing it up in my style.Continue Reading