Hicks Valley Road

oil on canvasboard, 6" x 8"

sold

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"

sold

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"