URBAN SUNDOWN

     I was intrigued by the atmosphere created by those last rays of sun disappearing behind the hill and everyone on their way home.

CRYSTAL COVE

     This is a very enchanting place I found when I was painting over on the California Coast. I drove into an old hamburger stand overlooking these sort of beach shacks down along the ocean. I was painting the scene on top of a picnic table when someone drove up in a little car filled with their belongings. I overheard the person talking to someone about having to move out of this little beach colony. I went ahead and drove down to the beach and was totally blown out by the character of the place. I hiked and painted there many times during the Laguna Plein Air events in subsequent years. There was a movement to keep the area from being demolished and instead turned into a historic sight. I donated a painting to that cause for the "Crystal Cove Alliance"

THANKSGIVING BREAKFAST

This is my entry to the Daily Paint Works weekly challenge  .

This toaster came from the Gold King Mine. Carol and I were painting trucks there and I saw it laying out on the ground. Don let me have it. It had been outside for a long time, but the chrome was still good. I took it home and cleaned it up, it still works!

GRAND CANAL VENICE



18x36

           I really like this city, so much charm, charactor, romance and history!

Framed w/gold liner

PALATKI RUINS

36X48

     I did an 8x10 field study of this scene on location and then working from that field study and my photo references did this painting in my studio. I took this painting back out on location to put on the finishing touches. I had to hike one half mile carrying this large painting and my equipment to do that. It was done at Sedona, Arizona.

SUNSET AT CATHEDRAL

     This painting was done at Cathedral Rock in Sedona Arizona at sunset. The sun was down when I was putting on the finishing touches. This is a very spiritual place where many people come from all over the world to see. It is the most photographed spot of anywhere in the world. (That's what I was told anyway). I only painted a small portion of the rock formation. Most of the time you see the rocks from a distance with water in front, etc. I just spotted the muted colors against what was really starting to glow and knew I only had about 30 minutes to do it. The sky becomes darker than some of the light parts of the rocks. These are the times that I love Plein Air, the unexpected is always happening. It is an 8x10.

MORAN POINT

     This was painted in the morning from the regular viewing platform. It wasn't very crowded that day. Probably because it was around 29 degrees and the wind was at 20-30 mph. This is an 8x10.