Painting From A Photo
2022-09-17
I received a commission to paint a painting of a car and I will explain how I did it.Continue Reading
Olvera Street in Downtown L.A.
2022-08-30
Last weekend I painted en plein air at Olvera Street in downtown Los Angeles. It was very busy with locals and tourists seeing the sights and vendors. I painted the alley and some of the historical buildings nearby.Continue Reading
View from Burton Chace Park in Marina Del Rey
2022-07-17
Yesterday, July 16, 2022, was a scorching hot day inland so I decided to do a plein air painting by the ocean. Burton Chace Park in Marina Del Rey offers many views of boats and people at the marina. I like painting seaside scenes because even if I do aContinue Reading
Painting the L.A. River
2022-07-03
Today my painting group and I met at the L.A. river in Atwater, California. It was a great idea to start early in the morning to paint on this summer day. It was foggy early but it began to burn off as time went on so the light was changingContinue Reading
Plein Air in Montecito Heights
2022-06-12
Painting with a group today at Ernest E Debs regional park with the wildlife. Some of them:Turtles, bass,bluegill, Juncos, blue heron, squirrel. It’s a hidden oasis in the middle of LA.Continue Reading
Descanso Botanical Gardens
2022-04-24
Yesterday there was quite a crowd of people at Descanso Botanical Gardens in La Canada/Flintridge, California. It was understandable because the roses and bearded irises were in full bloom. I walked around the whole garden, through the forest of oak and Camellia, around the lakes and ferns, and finally intoContinue Reading
Award Won at Spring Show
2022-04-15
I was pleasantly surprised when my name was called for an award at the Burbank Art Associations’ Spring Show 2022! I won second prize in the Landscape/Seascape/Cityscape category for my painting “Bolton Hall Museum.” The art show reception had a great turnout and it was great to see all theContinue Reading
Bolton Hall Museum
2022-04-04
Bolton Hall Museum is a stone building built many years ago that is used as a site for a small municipal park in Tujunga, California. It is not far from my home so I decided to paint it. I may return because there are different angles of the building toContinue Reading
Graduating to the Next
2022-02-22
Today I finished a painting from my family archives. It is based off a picture of my aunt when she graduated. My grandmother wanted to memorialize the moment with my aunt posed next to an icon of southern California suburbia, the swimming pool. The picture is bizarre because of theContinue Reading