This is a quick landscape painting I did last weekend while visiting Memorial Park in Santa Monica, California. The sky was all mixed-up with clouds, but it still felt warm and humid. It took me about an hour or so to paint en plein air on 11×14″ canvas board withContinue Reading
“Remix Trees” 2021This painting was done en plein air and then I put a layer of pallette knife paint over it. I covered up the bright underpainting in the process which made the painting dull. I decided to bring the bright paint back by giving it my “dot treatment.” IContinue Reading
The bones of this painting I did en plein air at Lake Balboa in Encino, California. I painted with a new plein air group and we had some ‘incidents’ from the pigeons in the trees. I always carry heavy duty towels and pink brush cleaner for times like those. IContinue Reading
It was a humid, overcast evening, great for painting. Even if I paint the same park over and over each time I use a slightly different technique.Continue Reading
This is a painting I did at Olive Park. I did the first layer en plein air and finished it at home in my current pointillistic style. I realized I had not posted it but completed it a few weeks ago. There is not enough variation in the underpainting, IContinue Reading
I was painting yesterday en plein air at Robert Gross Park and while leaving I was gifted this drawing of me painting by a young woman artist who was sketching at the park! Thank you!Continue Reading
Not a lot of people hiking today in Griffith Park. My daughter and I went for a short hike to a nice spot for a quick painting.Continue Reading
Hello and welcome back! Here I am in my natural element — outside in front of an easel with a brush in my hand.Continue Reading