White on Bordeaux

White on Bordeaux

I’ve been working with a student to understand the painting of white objects. It insprired me to paint this…

Oil on canvas   8″x10″ $250

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Layers of Light and Clouds

Winter Clouds

This little one (5″x7″) was painted on Ampersand Gessoboard. This is a surface I’ve never used before. Although I liked it, it was a little tricky getting the brushstrokes I was after.

Oil on hardboard panel   5″x7″   $100  Sold

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Blooming Amaryllis

Amaryllis

A gift from a friend and a new painting appears…

Oil on hardboard panel   10″x8″

$250

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Spotted Towhee

Spotted Towhee

This guy was in my yard and it was fun doing the research to identify him.

Oil on canvas panel   8″x6″

$100

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Eel River Slough

Eel River Slough

Painted on location in Fortuna, CA. The cloud cover was breaking up and allowing the sun to glimmer on the water.

Oil on canvas  8″x10″

$300      Sold

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California Gold

California Gold

Those California hills again!It’s surprising how much color can be seen in a dry grass landscape.

8″x10″  oil on canvas  $300

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Winter River Light Glow

Winter River Light Glow

This is the finished painting, for now anyway. When using a brighter palette it’s more difficult to get a photo that really captures the colors. I’m in the process of working in a little bit of a new direction. Actually not really a new direction but one that I visit and [...]

Winter River Light

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Winter River Light

12″ x 16″  oil on stretched canvas

$425  Sold

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American Robin

American Robin in my backyard

Showing the process that I’ve used to create this painting, I’m hoping to impart some knowledge about the initial drawing and how much easier it is to “lift” color to draw your subject than it is to draw the perfect outlines and then “fill in”.

These robins have been [...]

Season's First Snow

Seasons first snow

View from the upper level of my house looking north. I’m so glad I have this window to plein air paint from because it has gotten too cold to paint outdoors and I do like to paint from life whenever possible. This unusual early snowfall on Grizzley Peak was just begging [...]