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
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
Quick Study
2021-05-11
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
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
Palm Avenue Painting
2021-04-18
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
2021-04-01
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
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
Downtown Theater
2020-04-27
I did a plein air painting of the theater in downtown Burbank a few months ago. It was very rough and sat unfinished on the easel. Usually I would study a photo from the scene to sharpen up the painting and help the composition, but I neglected to take aContinue Reading
Downtown Transit Station
2020-04-17
Here is the finished painting of the transit station I started last month. The building is painted green and is designed in an art deco style. Inside there are vending machines and bike lockers.Continue Reading