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
Bora Bora Painting
2021-06-06
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
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
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
Final Palm Avenue
2021-04-30
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
Return to Plein Air – Cityscape
2021-03-26
Last week I painted this live (en plein air) while in downtown Burbank on San Fernando Blvd. It was a nice, sunny day before the weather really started to heat up, regardless my arms got sunburnt. It was good practice and nice to be outside painting again.Continue Reading
Upside down portrait
2020-06-06
I painted this upside down using a photo as reference. When I finished someone said it looked better the way I painted it.Continue Reading