8″ x 10″ Oil on linen panel
Quail Hollow Ranch Park is a fun destination for painting and experiencing rural life in the Santa Cruz Mountains. I’ve painted horses, barns and farm equipment at Quail Hollow. In this piece, I’ve turned my attention to the small pond on the property.
6″ x 8″ oil on linen panel
Sparkling dynamic skies mark our early spring days. This painting catches such a moment at Shoreline Park in Mountain View.
9″ x 12″ (private collection)
In looking at the waves come in while painting this piece, I was struck that they were coming from different directions. I later learned there’s a name for this … convergence waves.
8″ x 10″ (private collection)
This plein air painting is all about capturing the action of springtime in Los Alamitos Creek in San Jose.
8″ x 10″ (private collection)
Before my area was known for technology companies, it was called Blossom Valley. There are a few of these heritage orchards that remain. This one is full of plum trees with their spring blooms.
8″ x 10″ oil on linen panel
I love oak trees. While painting this one, I focused on bring out the tree’s warm orange and red tones.
12″ x 24″ oil on linen panel
With harbors increasingly full of white fiberglass, you’ve got to love a red boat. I have a crush on the red SSS Viking and the high school age young women who participate in the San Francisco Sea Scouts. Here they are sailing toward Alcatraz on a flamboyantly colorful and blustery spring day. The Viking was built by the US Navy in 1938. Today’s home port is the Maritime National Historic Park in Aquatic Park, San Francisco.
Exhibited …
2024 – Allied Artists West Group Show “Colors of Summer”
2023 – California Art Club “Spring Awakening”
6″ x 8″ (private collection)
This piece was painted at Lighthouse Point in Santa Cruz while a steady stream of surfers took a leap from a rock ledge into the waves after scrambling past signs warning of the danger.
Exhibited …
2023 – Coastal Arts League “Companions and Locals”
8″ x 8″ oil on linen panel
The early morning light lit up the otherwise drab gray brown reeds. In this plein air piece, painted at Vasona Lake Park, I put myself to the task of catching the effect and of seeing a familiar scene in a new way.
9″ x 12″ (private collection)
Winter in our area can look a lot like spring. In this I am striving for a loose sense of a chilly yet lush morning.
