10x8" oil on canvas panel
Friday, November 30, 2012
Wednesday, November 28, 2012
"Two Taco Plates"
8x10" oil on canvas panel
I love Mexican food. This is a scene from my favorite taqueria, Pancho Villa in San Mateo.
Monday, November 19, 2012
"Car at Crosswalk"
10x8" oil on canvas panel
I love the color aqua. I even have aqua shutters on my house.
Saturday, November 17, 2012
Friday, November 16, 2012
Thursday, November 15, 2012
Wednesday, November 14, 2012
Sunday, November 4, 2012
Saturday, November 3, 2012
Friday, November 2, 2012
Thursday, November 1, 2012
Wednesday, October 31, 2012
Tuesday, October 30, 2012
Monday, October 29, 2012
Sunday, October 28, 2012
"Cottage, Marin Headlands"
8x10" oil on canvas panel - sold
I challenged myself to paint this with one with a single brush. I used a #10 Utrecht 209-B.
Saturday, October 27, 2012
Friday, October 26, 2012
Thursday, October 25, 2012
"Dubrovnik Harbor"
8x10" oil on canvas panel
This is my entry for this month's Virtual Paintout. I had fun exploring Croatia on Google Street View, what a beautiful country!
Wednesday, October 24, 2012
"Silver Lake Sunset"
10x8" oil on canvas panel
I painted this from an image taken at Silver Lake in the Sierra Nevada last October. There had been severe thunder and lightning all day but the storm passed and we had a beautiful sunset.
Tuesday, October 23, 2012
Monday, October 22, 2012
Sunday, October 21, 2012
Saturday, October 20, 2012
Friday, October 19, 2012
"Cape Cod Summer 1975"
8x10" oil on canvas panel
This is a painting of my younger brother James standing in front of our cottage at Cook's in South Wellfleet. It was painted indirectly from a slide. I projected the slide onto a door and then photographed the projection. I uploaded it to my computer so I was then able to crop the image and adjust the color.
I don't have many family slides, I wish I had more. Slides are different from photos in that they usually don't get seen as often. The few I have rarely get viewed due to the hassle of getting out the projector and dealing with the cartridges. Yes cartridges, my slide projector is an aqua colored Argus 300 from the mid sixties.
The other thing about slides is their projected size and illumination. They recreate the past so vividly. Viewing these images made me realize I have hit the age where I can easily be swept up in nostalgia. I decided to fully embrace the experience by listening to "Afternoon Delight" radio on Pandora while I painted this image.
Thursday, October 18, 2012
Wednesday, October 17, 2012
Tuesday, October 16, 2012
"Looking Up At a Victorian"
10x8" oil on canvas panel
I'm going to do more of these. This was definitely a challenge due to the multiple vanishing points.
Monday, October 15, 2012
"Aqua and Chrome"
8x10" oil on canvas panel
I wanted to see how loose I could keep it and still have it look like a car. I discovered it's all in the highlights. It can be quite messy but once you put in the highlights it all comes together.
Sunday, October 14, 2012
"Mori Point Cypress"
10x8" oil on canvas panel
Mori Point is a beautiful spot about 15 minutes from home. Oddly enough, I only just discovered it.
Saturday, October 13, 2012
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