"SUNSET"

6"X6" oil on wood panel


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Another spectacular sunset in Southern California. This is looking north to Malibu. The lighting and subject gave me just what I needed for this painting.

"TREE LINE"

6"X6" oil on wood panel

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Passing through Salinas in California, the farmers plant these trees to block and shield the crops from winds that blow across fields. I wanted to paint this in shades of grays with touches of color giving a very soft and moody feeling to this.

"L.A. MORNING"

6"X6" oil on wood panel

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Another sunny day here in L.A. I think, "And sometimes that a good thing" that because of all the sunshine as an artist living here I see more contrasts and depth of color pertaining to subjects and this shows up in most of my paintings. I feel there is an influence to the minds-eye....Oops! I did wonder from a relatively happy painting.

"QUARTER MOON"

6"X6" oil on canvas


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Summer time in Santa Monica. This was fun working out the shapes in the dark areas to give the depth that I needed for this silhouette.

"OVERPASS"

6"X6"

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Working out the grays and coloring in this was fun to do. This is one of many overpasses in LA that I had a photo to work from. My camera being a part of the tools for me then taking the image, committing it to canvas or in this case wood, and then giving it life and mood makes what I do a wonderful journey.

"CORNER 5&10"

6"X6" oil on wood panel



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It is always great to go into small towns where time stands still for a moment. I worked on this to give the feeling of another area. The style of buildings and coloring played an important factor to the feel I was going for. I kept my brush work loose, "at least loose for me" as not to get into those tight places I find myself going.

"ROOM WITH A VIEW"

24"X20" oil on canvas






For the Laguna Art Festival
Laguna is filled with little streets that meander up and down many hills with most of the homes facing the ocean. Over time many have lost there view of the water. So to have a peek through a window and be able to see the water is a real treat and if your renting such a room you pay top dollar, the more you can see the higher the price....Ah the madness of it all.

"THE CANYON"

24"X30" oil on canvas


This is the drive down to the beach, it is the " The Laguna Canyon." For now it is just a sleepy road, but in four weeks there will be thousands of cars daily heading to the show that I'm in called "The Laguna Festival of the Arts" It is here that I will spend two months, seven day's a-week at smiling, talking, promoting what I'm about to hundreds of people everyday. This is where my bigger canvases are seen and this will be the first time at this show that I'll be showing my blog paintings and will have the opportunity to talk about not just my blog but all of us on the "Daily Painters Gallery" site. This show pulls in 5,000 people a day as a minimum. I hope we all benefit. For two month I will most likely not be able to ad any blogs to the dailies, there is just no time to paint, my painters cloths come off and its slacks & silk shirt time.

"EARLY MORNING"

20"X20 oil on canvas

For the Laguna Art Festival
The soft light at this time of the morning gave me a great opportunity to take some photos. As much as I wanted to keep fishing I was also looking forward to seeing the photograph knowing that this was going to be a fun painting to pull off. This painting is slated for my up coming show and will be removed for purchase from my blog on Jun 21.

"LEFT AT THE LIGHT"

6"X6" oil on wood panel


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I love LA....Is it crowded, Yes! but it has life. If I could I would live in NY, I just have to make more money or sell five blogs a day....Now that I think about it, its not a bad goal.

"FRONT PORCH"

6"X6" oil on wood panel


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As I walked up to the door I could smell the cooking inside and a flood of memories come rushing in and a time long gone.

"AH! THEY'RE HOME"

6"X6" oil on wood panel

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Hello my amigos, sorry to be away for so long, but this show that I keep referring to has kept me from supporting you all. If I wasn't such a perfectionist with my work it would be a snap. I have put together 15 new paintings for this show not counting my blog paintings. I do three shows a year and this is the big daddy of them all. I found this photo from a surprise trip to family and thought it would make a great subject to paint.