Late Summer Mountains
2022-09-24
This is a quick painting I did in late September 2022 of the mountains of the Angeles National Forest.Continue Reading
Deukmejian Nature Center
2021-10-14
Plein air painting at the Deukmejian Nature Center.Continue Reading
Lake Balboa
2021-10-01
The bones of this painting I did en plein air at Lake Balboa in Encino, California. I painted with a new plein air group and we had some ‘incidents’ from the pigeons in the trees. I always carry heavy duty towels and pink brush cleaner for times like those. IContinue Reading
Red Olive Field
2021-06-18
This is a painting I did at Olive Park. I did the first layer en plein air and finished it at home in my current pointillistic style. I realized I had not posted it but completed it a few weeks ago. There is not enough variation in the underpainting, IContinue 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
Tension No. 2
2020-05-23
Continuing the current series of abstract paintings, I created “Tension No. 2” This painting is inspired by cityscapes I’ve painted in the past put through the orange abstract filter I am currently working on.Continue Reading
Tension No. 1
2020-05-22
First in a series of purely abstract and mostly orange paintings. I will be trying out different ideas of merging plein air and other representational painting styles into abstract art with the bold lines and colors I enjoy.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