This is a portrait of my friend Ron's beloved border collie, who passed away in December not long after my own Lola died. Prodi was Ron's first border collie, to be followed by many more. He loves the breed. Prodi was special, though. He had a fondness for fish and befriended a yellow one in Ron's koi pond named Smokey. I've painted Smokey before and suggested him here but this painting is all about Ron's beautiful boy.
Another little fish painting to add to my series of little fish paintings. What can I say, they're fun!
Here's another painting of my little angel Lola, who passed away in early December last year. I'm building up a series on her. What an amazing little being she was.
With all I've got going on right now, it's a miracle I've done any painting at all. I might spend more time on this one later, but for now, I'm finished with it. This is a scene I pass frequently on my way into San Francisco. It's a view from the freeway looking east after passing through the bridge toll. I love those curved streetlights.
This painting was a distraction that served a purpose. That's all I have to say about it.
I thought I was done with these bird girl portraits, but I guess not. Here's another one that wanted to come through, so I went with it. This will be included in the upcoming show, if it dries in time.
This is an abstracted landscape sketch, an aerial view of a freeway I did way back in 2020 that I'm pulling out of the archives for possible inclusion in an upcoming exhibit in SF whose theme is Portraits of the City. I thought it apropos to this theme, and on second viewing, I like it. Sometimes, painting + time = pleasure.
Here's a little urban painting sketch that I did in November of 2022 that somehow slipped through the cracks. Anyway, it is going to be part of this upcoming show of my work in mid-February, along with some other urban scenes, portraits and figurative pieces.
This was actually the first painting I did upon returning to my current studio after a couple years' absence. It is going to be included as one of the few, if not the sole still life in my first ever exhibit in mid-February in San Francisco. More details about that to follow. I sold my beloved uke to the owner of a music store in Taos, New Mexico in 2018. I hope it found a good home. I have no idea what fate met that green leather chair, which belonged to my partner Roy. I loved that chair, so I hope it, too, found a good home.
This is just a quick little cloud study over an estuary. I'm in a flurry of activity finishing, varnishing and framing paintings for my first ever exhibit in mid-February. I've been painting for 20 years and it's well past time I parted with a few of them. Gonna try to squeeze in some more little ones as time permits.
