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.