"JUST A TRIM"

I found this barber shop that time stood still for and I was compelled to paint this with all of the shapes & shadows and past memories of a disappearing moment in time. 6"x6" oil on canvas mounted on archival clay board with no framing required.

"L.A. HAZE"

Working this painting a little more gave it what I felt it was missing. There is always a tweak here a tweak there, the never ending saga of painting... Yes, I probably analyze my work to much but I don't know how not to and yet, I know, there are those that I have painted that I must say "STOP" and its on to the next. 6"x8" oil on archival board with no framing required.

"RED BOOTH DINER"

A nice departure from my skies was needed for me so I dug around in some old photos and found one form my "Johnny Rocket" series that I did some years back... I handled this loosely giving more movement to my brush work then my usual smoother approach, I must say this was really a lot of fun to do and hope you all like it too.. 6"x6 oil on archival clay board with no framing required.

"NORTH"

Heading north and just an hour away from Oregon and an outdoor art show I made this trip a photo adventure for some future paintings and here is but one. Lots of under painting and layering of colors gave this what I needed to express the forest of trees that lay ahead. Oil on board, 6"x8" mounted on a finished wooden box with no framing needed.

"WINDING ROAD AHEAD"

Still working with the glare and all that takes place in that given moment when other tones of colors that normally are hidden, come out to play if only briefly in the light of the setting sun... I just might make this into a larger canvas for my summer show, it would make a nice contrast amongst all of my sky paintings. This is a 6"x8" oil on canvas mounted on board with no framing required.

"IN THE SHADOWS"

Oh! this is a painting that I wanted to revisit again and play with the shadows amongst the trees. There is so much to learn every time I pick up a brush and start painting.. The notion that it will never end is without-a-doubt the joy of what I do. 8"x6" oil on canvas mounted on board and no framing needed.

"COURSE OF DIRECTION"

My fascination with what happens when light glares out gave me an opportunity in this 36x30 to explore the subtlety of color and mood in this. Checkout my other works for this summer's show.

"THE DRIVE HOME"

In looking at my most recent paintings, the feeling of space and time I conveyed has become a metaphor of my life at this time. The going to or leaving depending on which way I might be looking at this road of life as an artist has been an interesting one for sure. Not an easy one, but interesting nevertheless. Oh! There have been maps for me to follow, but not all lead me to where I thought I might stay, you know, a real homecoming of a place.
Dusty and bumpy and an assortment of dead ends and wrong turns and always believing, “there is light at the end of this journey” and having another painting to do, I must still paint on, after all, I am an artist and I alone have chosen this road. Oil on board 6"x8" and no framing needed.

"BIRDS ON A WIRE"

I have a thing for back roads.. Most of the time I get to see places that look and feel like time stood still for, maybe its my want to go back to a time of innocence for me.. Again, the lighting in the sky was perfect for this shot to be made into this 6" x 8" oil on archival board and "Yes" there is no framing needed.

"MORNING TRIP"

Heading out of town and always looking for these air-streams cruising the highways is a joy to see, photograph, then paint... This thunderous sunrise was the beginning of my morning. 6"x8" oil painting with no framing needed. $125

"OVERPASS AT 5:42 AM"

Going into Palm Springs in the morning I took this shot knowing I was going to paint this one... It is painted direct with little under-painting going on. It is done on a heavily coated gesso board then oil primer is applied then the colors in the sky are blended giving the brightness that I wanted to depicted the glare of the rising morning sun. 6"x8" oil on archival board mounted on 3/4" cradle so no framing is needed $125

"405 NORTH"

The countless trips over and into the "Valley" at 4:45 pm.. This might not have much meaning for those not from Southern Cal, but for us that travel this stretch of the many freeways, this has a lot of meaning... I risked my life taking this photo in order to do this painting of this wonderful town L.A. 6"X6" oil on board with no framing needed can be yours.

"CANYON RUN"

This is painting is dedicated to the thousands of trips I have made up and down this canyon road in the last 30 some odd years.. I painted this in oils on canvas that has been mounted on a 2" deep wooden box so no framing is needed. $125

"Eden"

Not much more I can say about this place, some have been there and others might go. I was there last year and my publicist wanted me to paint some scenes based on this location. This was enjoyable trying to capture the light that blared at me through the trees. ( A 6"x 8" oil on archival clay board, no framing is needed)

"MORNING MIST"

This is a painting that kept eluding me for over a year. I painted this half-a-dozen times and never liked the outcome..... Well I'm here to say "I like it" Now at some point I will commit this to canvas. The challenge was the shades of greens and the underneath texture of the surface, this is painted on just the right amount of tooth giving me what I needed. The place is high above San Francisco in a area that gets lots of fog and due that rolls in and over these hills.
(This is a 6"x 6" oil on archival clay board, mounted so no framing is needed)

"RUMBLINGS"

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I painted this 6"x8" to see how I feel about doing a 40" x20" canvas. Well I really enjoyed the outcome and I'm looking forward to the larger version that I'll post this week. I named it Rumbling because you can feel the ground tremble way before you see this coming. There is a real rush standing close to one of these baby's as it rumbles by. Oil on archival clay board mounted on a 2" deep finished wooden box, no framing needed can yours.

:THE SANTA FE"

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Again I want to capture the feeling of space and these wonderful rumbling engines that crisscross the lands and most of the time go unnoticed. Here is a 6"x8" oil on archival clay board mounted on a 2" deep finished wooden box so no framing is needed.

"PORT THEATER"

This wonderful theater is no more... It was a place I was able to go to and watch foreign films along with a wonderful diverse crowd of people with the same likes as mine. There was a wonderful grand staircase that went up to a beautiful balcony. There in the box office was a most charming lady that could tell you about the film. Then an old gentlemen took your ticket and directed you to the ornate doors that opened to the darkened theater where magic was going to play... I can still smell the popcorn after all this time... Some years back the owner left us and so it has been closed to this day. It is sad to see the fading and peeling paint, boarded up and empty show cases and locked doors. So I painted this to honor its glory days in the sun and my fond memories of a place no more. This is a 6"x 8" oil painted on a archival clay board that is mounted on a 2" deep finished wooden box so no framing is needed.

"BUDDY"

"Buddy", a most perfect name for this cat... Buddy follows me around the house and talks to me. He tells me when he's hungry, he tells me when he wants to be up close when I'm painting, I then have to put a stool up to my easel so he can be waist high and inches from me, then he talks, purrs and goes to sleep... When I take a break and sit down to watch CNN, Buddy comes in and asked to get on my lap purring all the while, much looking into my face and talking, purring then goes fast-a-sleep.... Now interesting enough, when I am watching Discovery and there are animals Buddy gets off my lap and sits on a little stool I have in front of the screen and he will sit there for as long as the show is on looking left to right as zebra' run across the Serengeti, this is really funny to see... When on my Mac he has to be up near my arm so I can rest it on him, then it's happy time for Buddy.... As I'm typing this, he is partly on my key pad making it really easy to type.... My Buddy... I suppose if any of you have read this you have gathered that I really hate my cat, my Buddy. Just wanted to share and hopefully bring a smile to you to.

"THE B & B"

Just sitting in a corner of a train yard this mighty steel master waits its turn to rumble across the lands.. The sky was just about to open up an rain when I took this shot. 6"x 8" oil on archival clay board mounted so no faming is needed.

"ENGINE 6300"

Hopefully the next series of both my daily posts and canvases will be on trains. The dynamics of what they are and what they mean to us I want to see if I can capture these giants that crisscross our lands regardless of the country. This is a 6"x6" oil painting on gessoed archival clay board mounted on a 2" deep finished wooden box with no framing needed.

"STOP"

I love the shapes that factories have against the skies. I played with the shadows in this and wanted the feeling of the day coming to an end. This is a 6"x8" oil on archival clay board the is mounted on a 2" deep finished wooden box with no framing needed.

"BUTTERFLY & RIBBON"

I must say before I go any further, the coloring in the painting is far better than what I'm able to do with this photo, even working with photo-shop.... I had this photo from last summer and just found it and new here is another painting. 6"x6" oil on board mounted on 2" finished wooden box.

"JUST FRIENDS"

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The title "Just Friends" is for me a metaphor when I began this painting, I saw in it that it was about sharing... Friendships, food, company, bad times, good times and above all "Love". 6"x6" oil on a archival clay board mounted on a 2" deep finished wooden box.

"COMPOSITION IN RHYME"

This is in the high country of above San Francisco. The play of light and textures and rhythm and composition that is so perfect captured me and I knew then must paint this and see if I can do it justice. It is an oil on a 6"x8" archival clay board mounted on a 2" deep finished wooden box. (Not available)

"VALLEY LIGHT"

This started out as an underpainting and as I looked at it I decided to keep it. It is a departure from what I intended and I'm reminded just how much fun it is to paint. 6"x6" oil mounted on a 2" deep finished wooden box.

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"BLUE SHADOWS"

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And yet another snow painting and this is coming from a warm climate person, but the colors that happen in this time of day is so compelling to paint that I had to tackle it. Oil on a 6"x6" archival gessoed board set on a 2" deep finished wooden box.