Red Olive Field
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
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
Bora Bora Painting
My family and I were painting a scene together. The subject is the tropical island of Bora Bora. This is my version of the scene.Continue Reading
Gifted Sketch
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
Dot Intersection
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
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
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
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
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
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