Sunday, March 30, 2014

Welsh Countryside

iPad painting, 10" x 14"

This is from a photo I took on my travels with Roy near Betws-y-Coed, Wales.

Saturday, March 29, 2014

Kenyan Elephant with Baby

acrylic on wood panel, 24" x 18"

Still working with a limited palette (5 colors, plus white), I'm learning what freedom is when the choices are few.  I may tweak this one, but the exercise is essentially done.  I love elephants in their natural environment, at peace with the world.

Monday, March 24, 2014

Robert's Barn


iPad painting, 10" x 14"

An iPad sketch that I hope to later turn into an oil painting.  In this barn on the property where my art studio is, Robert creates lighting fixtures for restaurants and high-end residential interiors.  The property also has vineyards and will be offering wine-tasting/aperitif-tasting soon.

Thursday, March 20, 2014

Roos' Bulbfields

acrylic on plywood panel, 36" x 36"

I have rented a light-filled art studio where I can finally start producing some larger works.  This was just for fun, an interpretation of a Roos Schuring painting to loosen me up for the bigger stuff, a Dutch tulip field.

Saturday, March 15, 2014

The Big Tree

acrylic on canvas, 14" x 18"

I used one of my iPad paintings as reference for this landscape.  

Friday, March 14, 2014

High Wolds


acrylic on canvas, 16" x 20"
sold

This painting was inspired by the landscapes of David Hockney and his homeland, the Yorkshire countryside.

Wednesday, February 12, 2014

Tashilhunpo Monks

acrylic on hardboard panel, 8" x 8"

Two monks polishing the stone steps in a courtyard inside the Tashilhunpo Monastery in Shigatse, Tibet.

Monday, February 3, 2014

Sunday, January 26, 2014

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!

Saturday, January 18, 2014

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!

Thursday, January 16, 2014

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.

Tuesday, January 14, 2014

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.