Poinsettia in Yellow Pot

iPad painting, 14" x 10"

Kitchen window in Sonoma at twilight, in December.

Spring Vineyard with Plum Trees

iPad painting, 10" x 14"

Pushing toward the abstract with this one.

Nude on Black Chair

iPad painting, 14" x 10"

Fading Beauty

acrylic on canvasboard, 14" x 11"

St. Mary's of Nicasio

iPad painting, 10" x 14"

An iPad sketch of the iconic and oft-painted church in the little hamlet known as Nicasio, in Marin County. 

Red Roses on Todd's Shelf

acrylic on mounted wood panel, 8" x 6"

This is my first still life in ages.  Now that I have a proper setup, thanks to my good friend and fellow artist Todd West, who built and installed two beautiful shelves in the art studio I'm renting, I will be doing more still life using flowers, such as these intensely fragrant roses that grow right outside the window.  Thank you, Todd!

On the Way to Gyantse

acrylic on canvas, 10" x 20"

This was painted from a photo I took as we were driving through the mountains from Shigatse to Gyantse, Tibet.

Shanghai Shimmer

acrylic on canvas, 20" x 20"

Another painting in my China series, and I feel yet another one coming on.  A work in progress, I'm not quite done with this one. 

Thanks for the Memory

acrylic on hardboard panel, 16" x 16"

I set a new record for myself with this one:  only 3 colors!  And another record:  it was done totally from memory.  I can't even tell you the type of flowering bush this was.  It was not a rose bush, that's all I know.

Davis Lane

acrylic on canvas, 10" x 20"

Another barn painting, this time on Davis Lane in Penngrove.  The two sheep were hunkered down against this beautiful barn, perhaps awaiting a storm.  The sheep, the gorgeous barn, the sunlight on the distant hills and that neon yellow mustard field in the mid-ground all begged to be painted!

Pink Rose

iPad painting, 14" x 10"

Nude Redhead

iPad painting, 10" x 14"

Pink Barn on Adobe Road

acrylic on plywood, 12" x 36"

This is painted from one of my "drive-by shootings," from the car as I was driving by this pink barn on Adobe Road in Petaluma.  I did an iPad painting of it in a different format earlier, and left the brown railing out of this one, which I may add later. 

Holstein

acrylic on plywood, 16" x 20"

I thought I would pay homage to the cow, since the art studio in which this was painted is, in actuality, a calf barn.  More to come, I hope.

Italian Cypresses on a Summer Afternoon

acrylic on canvas, 14" x 18"

Weimaraner

acrylic on hardboard panel, 12" x 12"

This was a quick sketch using a photo of a painting I found online of this dog.  I loved the perspective and, using the same limited palette I've been working with lately, bashed in the shapes over a dull orange ground, leaving bits of it poking through on the neck, mouth, and in the eyes.  I used a cool, pale blue wash for the background, which gave it a pink glow.  I quite like the effect.

Cherry Blossom Trees

acrylic on canvas, 14" x 18"

Leopard

iPad painting, 10" x 14"