Plein Air Painting Winter 2024
2024-02-23
This post will explore the places I’ve been painting this season.Continue Reading
Creative Arts Sale at the Tree Lighting Festival
2023-12-09
Season’s Greetings! Other than painting local scenes I also like to go to art and craft fairs and meet people who like local artisans. Here are some photos from a Tree Lighting event that I attended at Enegren Brewing Company in Moorpark, California on November 25, 2023. Thank you toContinue Reading
October Plein Air – Tujunga & Reseda
2023-10-31
Little Landers Park near to my home happens to house the Bolton Hall Museum, a stone building built by the pioneers to the area of Tujunga, California. This makes it a convenient subject to paint. Last weekend I spent a few hours painting and then checked out the museum. EarlierContinue Reading
Trio of Cat Paintings & The Opening of Catnip Connection
2023-09-19
A new consignment store is open in Burbank, California at 3412 1/2 Magnolia Boulevard called the Catnip Connection. You cannot miss it with its giant psychedelic cat sign. It is a cool store with a lot of booths by vendors with interesting vintage and retro merchandise. There are also realContinue Reading
Plein Air Painting – Bright Under-paintings
2023-09-08
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
Summer Plein Air Painting Sessions
2023-07-18
I did not even know the Walt Disney Music Hall in Los Angeles had a garden until our painting group met there. It is easy to miss because it is small and it is hard to tell if the stairs leading to it are open to the public. The gardenContinue Reading
Plein Air Painting at the Jackalope Art Fairs
2023-06-10
First off, thank you for the California Creative Arts for giving me the opportunity to represent them at the Jackalope Art Fair in Pasadena! It was a blast to be out there painting and mingling with all the fair-goers. Thank you to Mimi Rossi for the images. Secondly, I wouldContinue Reading
Past and Future Art Events
2023-05-03
Hello! I have been busy this spring so far! The Pancakes and Booze Art Show was a new experience. I was surprised at the turnout, that place was packed! I am so glad I got earplugs before the event, as I was set up in the back by a D.J.Continue Reading
Now at the Encino Terrace Gallery
2023-04-03
Greetings! Now presenting my artwork at the Encino Terrace Gallery until June 16, 2023! Location of Gallery: 15821 Ventura Blvd., Encino, CA 91436 Come see the works below and artwork from other members of the California Creative Arts, Inc. If interested in buying any of the artwork, contact information willContinue Reading
Downtown Mall
2023-02-19
I decided to go back to downtown Burbank and paint on San Fernando Boulevard. Previously, I have painted all up and down this street at different angles but this is a new one. I set up in front of Tender Greens and aimed down the street at the mall andContinue Reading