I completed this painting on a hill in Glendale, California overlooking the valley down below. It was cold and there were dark clouds forming as I painted. Suddenly I hear something coming towards me in the bushes – it was a wall of small hailstones! I tried to continue paintingContinue Reading
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
I finally got a chance to take a picture of this in some good light. I painted this en plein air while selling art at the Harvest Festival in Toluca Lake a few weeks ago. It is a hybrid of my technique with black outlines and dots except the linesContinue Reading
Plein air painting at the Deukmejian Nature Center.Continue Reading
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
If there is one thing I have learned from making abstract art, it is to keep painting over the bad paintings until they are good.Continue Reading
I decided to take the portrait that “looked better upside-down” and take it even further in that direction. I blocked out some areas with a thin layer of gesso and gave the painting more color and texture.Continue Reading
Inspired by the great “Boy” itself, I remember when it was a novelty to play games on the go. 300Continue Reading
Due to the interesting times we are living in, I was painting in the backyard today.Continue Reading