Deukmejian Nature Center
2021-10-14
Plein air painting at the Deukmejian Nature Center.Continue 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 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
Dot Intersection
2021-05-22
I began this painting en plein air for the first layer and then later put in the dot layer. I think for the initial layers I will stick with warm or cool colors and then go with the opposite for the dots. This painting is a mixture and it isContinue Reading
Quick Study
2021-05-11
This is a painting that may stand as a quick Study of it’s subject or I may work on it more to some sort of completion point. I did it in a hurry and thought I would share.Continue Reading
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
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