Greetings,Sometimes I do not paint landscapes. Sometimes I experiment with new ideas. This is the creative doodling that shows us what we can achieve when we try something new. This is an experiment in making the dots look even more like tiles and using colors that would elevate certain partsContinue Reading
Sometimes I do not paint from a picture or a scene that is in front of me. I want to try out a new technique or I have an idea. Blue building and sky on abstract landscape These were created in 2025 with watercolor crayons .Continue Reading
Earlier in 2025I did some plein air painting in downtown Los Angeles. These buildings are near Grand Boulevard and I was set up near Angel’s Flight railway. I also painted in O’Melveny Park near Symar, California. As I was just finishing the painting, a sudden gust of wind punched myContinue Reading
Hello! In June 2024, I painted in Arlington Garden in Pasadena, California. The garden is a public park that has many different plants and trees with paths that weave through it. A lot of photographers like to take their subjects here to have photos taken. The subject of my paintingContinue Reading
Hello, This is the fourth painting I’ve created here en plein air at the Mayor’s Bicentennial Park in Glendale California. The scene is the bushes, trees, and the little bridge in the long shadows of early morning or late afternoon. This composition is in a sideways “V”, which is designedContinue Reading
In the northern part of the suburbia of the San Fernando Valley is a little park called Wilbur-Tampa Park…Continue Reading
Hello! Spring of 2024 started with a trip to Descanso Gardens in Tujunga, California. Continue Reading
This post will explore the places I’ve been painting this season.Continue Reading
The more I paint, the more my style evolves. Currently, I have eschewed the dark black outlines cutting between areas of color. I use a bright under-painting and allow it to shine through by using minimal brushstrokes. I am still refining the technique. These are the results of two recentContinue Reading
The painting below was mostly completed en plein air at the Deukmejian Wilderness Park in Glendale, California. This angle is looking north to the mountains. I painted it in acrylic paint, afterwards I added paint from watercolor crayons to increase the saturation. This painting was done at the Amelia EarhartContinue Reading