Deukmejian Nature Center
2021-10-14
Plein air painting at the Deukmejian Nature Center.Continue Reading
Car Show Painting
2021-10-10
I used some reference photos to finish this painting. I’m not an expert on cars and in the end I realized I had changed the model of the main car. The trim and the brake lights are different from my location photo. Darn.Continue Reading
Lake Balboa
2021-10-01
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
Olive Building
2021-09-19
I finished the painting of a building at Olive Park in Burbank. I do not know the official name of it. I originally started this en plein air and completed it using my cloisonnist style with some impressionism in the background.Continue Reading
Montrose Car Show Plein Air
2021-09-05
The Montrose Car Show today happened to be on the hottest day this month so far (100°F) so I was lucky to find a somewhat shady spot by the road to paint. I used my spray bottle often to keep the acrylic paint from drying. Two hours and the resultContinue Reading
Detail of a Sycamore Tree
2021-08-31
I painted this on a 12″ square canvas en plein air in about an hour and a half. The sun was already behind a hill when I started and there was hardly any light left at all when I finished. Even though it was painted quickly and alla prima, IContinue Reading
Plein Air Late Summer
2021-08-29
Painting today at Olive Park in Burbank. This is an old venue but a new subject. I do not know what they use this building for.Continue Reading
Plein Air at the Park
2021-07-25
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
Red Olive Field
2021-06-18
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
Dugout – Nocturne
2021-06-12
I created the original painting at Olive Park in the afternoon. As I was finishing it up, it began to look more like a nighttime portrait so I continued with that theme.Continue Reading