Male Nude

iPad painting, 10" x 14"

Giacomini Wetlands

iPad painting, 10" x 14"

A marshy area near Point Reyes, with a view of Black Mountain.

Rose and Bouncie at RCA Beach

iPad painting, 10" x 14"

 A sketch from a photo I took of Rose and her adorable dog Bouncie at RCA Beach in Bolinas last December.  Bouncie is a Hurricane Katrina rescue dog, and what a beautiful spirit she has, not to mention the beautiful spirit of her rescuer!

White Magnolia Tree

iPad painting, 10" x 14"

Two Italian Cypresses

oil on zinc plate, 7" x 5"

This is the organic version of the iPad painting I posted on January 12, 2014.  The trees wanted to be slimmer.  It's not my fault!

Little Red Barn

oil on zinc plate, 5" x 7"

This little painting is based on an iPad painting I posted on December 30, 2013. Working in different media changes everything. The iPad painting is freer simply because I could work so much faster, not having to mix the colors and wipe the brushes in between applications. They are two very different paintings, but I like the sculptural quality of the tree mass in this one, as well as the rear half of the barn roof, which I left unpainted.

The Mill at Berrio Bridge

acrylic on canvas, 9" x 12"

This scene witnessed from across a field of bluebells is of an old mill near Berrio Bridge, Cornwall.

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iPad painting, 10" x 14"

Two Italian Cypresses

iPad painting, 14" x 10"

Pacheco Pond

oil on wood panel, 8" x 10"

This is a plein air sketch I did last summer that I'm posting to remind myself there is life beyond the digital format.  I've become addicted to painting on my iPad, simply because it is so fast and there is no cleanup involved or toxic fumes to inhale.  

Bathpool

iPad painting, 10" x 14"

The entrance to one of my favorite places on earth, Bathpool, an idyllic village in Cornwall, England.

Catherine's White

iPad painting, 14" x 10"

Red Barn

iPad painting, 10" x 14"

Here I go again.  Can't help it.

Annecy

iPad painting, 14" x 10"

I swear I'll get back to REAL painting soon.  In the meantime, another digital sketch.

Rusty's Valley

iPad painting, 14" x 10"

Pond at the Cheese Factory

iPad painting, 10" x 14"

Barn in West Petaluma

iPad painting, 10" x 14"

Plein air sketch from the car that I may use as reference for an oil or acrylic painting.

Nude Blonde

iPad painting, 14" x 10"

Another iPad sketch in preparation for a figure painting workshop this weekend.

Schoolhouse Beach

oil on canvas, 8" x 6"

This started as a plein air sketch along Highway 1 north of Bodega Bay.  I was unhappy with it, but before giving up, I gave it the "Rushton treatment," and with a palette knife, some cold wax medium, and a hot air gun, managed to transform it to my liking.

Sleeping Nude

iPad painting, 10" x 14"

Lac D'Annecy

oil on zinc plate, 8" x 6"

As promised, I have delivered . . . yet another metal painting.  I just can't seem to stop!  For some reason, it feels like a guilty pleasure, the paint sticks like glue to the surface, which I love, and the shiny metal ground pokes through to give it a certain glow.  These metal paintings are luminous, if I do say so.  So strong and yet so fragile, all at once, they need the kid glove treatment.  They're divas!  This one I painted from a poster of a cruise ship on the lake and left it incomplete because I got attached at that point.  Always a good time to walk away, in my experience.

Flowers in a Paint Can

iPad painting, 14"x10"

Inspired by David Hockney's iPad and iPhone art, I've started playing around with that medium and find it to be very addictive.  I used the app ArtRage to create this little composition.

I love you David Hockney.
Although you're not a Cockney,
You really really rock me.
I LOVE you David Hockney!

Swan

oil on zinc plate, 4" x 5"

Not done yet with these metal paintings.  I kinda like the pink water in this one.

Tibetan Landscape

oil on zinc plate, 6" x 8"

Yangshuo Grain Field

oil on zinc plate, 6" x 9"

Another in what is becoming my China series.

Swan Sketch

oil on hardboard panel, 6" x 6"

These swans are residents of The Swan, a beautiful pub alongside the River Thames in Walton, where Harriet's friend Mark was celebrating his birthday in August.  It rained all day, but that didn't stop us from partying outdoors.  Love those Brits!  

Elio's Afternoon

oil on zinc plate, 6" x 8"

Here's another metal painting.  I particularly like the color of the sky behind the clouds.  

Four Flowers

oil on zinc plate, 5" x 7"

After a month-long hiatus, I'm back at it again.  I love painting on metal and plan to do more of it.

Hicks Valley Road

oil on canvasboard, 6" x 8"

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A plein air quickie outside of Petaluma.

Kunming Kutie

oil on hardboard panel, 6" x 6"

Christine and I found this adorable little girl dancing on the sidewalk in Kunming, China, one evening while the rest of our group was waiting at the train station for the night train to Dali.

Chinese Poppies

12" x 12"

Cormorant Fishing

oil on canvas paper, 6" x 6"

In this quick little sketch, I was playing with green (in the sky and on the karsts) and red (the reflected setting sun off the water) to try to come up with a viable dusk palette.

Fog at Gospel Flat Farm

oil on wood panel, 8" x 10"

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The result of a late afternoon spent at Gospel Flat Farm in Bolinas through Art on the Farm, I came at the tail end of a glorious weather day. 

Yulong River

oil on masonite panel, 6" x 6"

Potala Palace Gardens

acrylic on masonite panel, 9" x 12"

Vanishing Point

acrylic on canvas, 12" x 6"

I see Roy's influence in this painting.

Cho Oyu

oil on masonite panel, 6" x 6"

Lion Sketch

oil on canvas, 6" x 6"

Here's a little piece that never made it to my website, a quick sketch I did a few years ago.

Girl at Three Pagodas

oil on masonite panel, 6" x 6"

Bougainvillea Pond on Haidao Island

oil on canvas, 8" x 8"

A beautiful orange pond with bougainvillea bushes I was enamored with on Haidao Island, a tiny island in the middle of Erhai Lake, with the city of Dali on the distant shore.

Yamdrok Tso Lake

acrylic on canvas, 8" x 16"

Driving through the mountains of Tibet, the lake in the mid-ground is considered one of three sacred lakes in Tibet, loved for its turquoise color. 

On the Way to Shangri-La

acrylic on hardboard panel, 6" x 6"

This character is painted on the door of a temple on the mountain pass we traveled between Lijiang and Shangri-La in Tibet.  If anyone knows what this means, please tell me.

Lisa's Crossing

acrylic on canvas, 6" x 6"

Palcho Monastery

acrylic on canvasboard, 8" x 16"

The first painting to emerge from my travels to China and Tibet, this monastery was in the town of Gyantse in the Nyang Chu valley of Tibet.

Liza's Pretty

oil on canvas, 6" x 6"

Dreaming of Guilin

oil on masonite panel, 12" x 12"

Here is another painting that preceded my trip to Asia.  I believe this to be in Guilin somewhere, although I never encountered this scene in my travels.  Guilin was magical and I hope to do a few from that region.

Angela's Pig

oil on hardboard panel, 6" x 6"

Buika

oil on masonite panel, 9" x 12"

LeRoy's Elephant

acrylic on masonite panel, 12" x 9"

Rice Field

oil on masonite panel, 6" x 6"

This little painting I did before going to China but didn't have time to post it 'til my return.

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