Going Back Out

This is part of the marina in El Granada, California. The guy with the beard had a wetsuit on. It looked like they were headed out for a larger fishing boat or scuba diving. This one is simmering on the easel right now.

Retail Sp

This is part of my Boston cityscape series. We were in the Chinatown area. My focus in shooting during that trip was on the solitary person in a big city. I may tool with it a little more.

Trash Pick Up (fini)

This one I consider finished.

Looking Up in Redwoods

The photo for this one came from my camera phone. We were headed back home from Fort Bragg. I like to look up into the woods.

A Pair of Cooking Pears

The second pear painting.

A Cooking Pear

One of our lawyers has a farm with pear trees. Every year she shares her harvest with the office. Another lawyer noticed these pears with great leaves and suggested that I paint them. This is the second painting from the three pears she selected. Thanks to Beth. I'm trying not to overwork my pastels and leave evidence of the pastel stroke. I think it projects energy.

Day 2 one

Plein air sketch with a palette limited to the primaries, burnt umber and white.

Evolution of a sketch

If and when I get to work from my sketches I rearrange everyone to fit the courtrooms composition. By the way the jury is out.

Too Many Cooks

I love painting restaurant workers. The white and poetic movement grabs my attention.

Small Town Square

I grew up in a small town that still had the most quaint town square. The area reminds me of an Edward Hopper painting because their are no people. There is only the evidence of people. I have painted this scene many times in watercolor. This is the first attempt in pastel. Those of you in Commerce should recognize this area.

Trash Pick Up

Side street in New York the air is crisp and the day is getting started. With that comes the noise and striking light on the truck.

More Trial Sketches

More players in the trial. Both parties have rested now its up to the citizens.

Trial Sketches

Some sketches from the ongoing trial in the 331st District Court. I rarely draw the courtroom as it is. I tend to get the body language of the participants down and then construct paintings with everyone in their proper place from the sketches..

Delay Trial

This is a sketch from the Tom Delay trial taking place in Travis County. I was drawing from the audience section of the courtroom. The guy in front of me is a reporter for a local paper. In front of him is a prosecutor questioning a witness.

Redwood 2 (larger version)

This is the larger painting. The study was posted earlier this week. Still into the redwoods as you can see.

Bend Waterfall (larger version)

This is a work in progress. I posted the study last week. Its on hold (the study) for a collector who likes it.

Future

I think first and foremost that I am a figurative painter. This is s mixture of images. The girl I photographed at the first urban music festival. The water replaced the crowd.

Redwood Forest 1 (study)

This is the second painting that I worked on in my new studio at Austin Art Space. Whenever I look at a study I always want to go back in and fine tune areas. It's best to leave them as is to keep the "fresh" in the painting.

Redwood Forest 2 larger painting

I posted the study for this piece last week. I darkened the values in the foreground in the larger painting.

From The Sketchbook

This is a sketch from a trial in progress in Travis County.

Redwood Forest 2 (study)

On our way back from Fort Bragg we usually ride a few miles through these beautiful redwoods. We normally stop to smell the air and shoot a few pictures. This was the first study completed in my new studio.

Pea Soup (study)

This is the study for two previous posts associated with coastal fog. In the pastel version I included a person to give scale to the rock formations. For reasons unknown I left the person out of the study. Its also interesting to see the differences.

Bend Waterfall (study)

This is a 9 by 12 inch study for a larger piece. The subject is a waterfall located in Bend,TX at the Colorado State Park. I remember when we were hiking down to it the park official mentioned that he had already seen a few rattlesnakes. I'm glad he did because this place was too beautiful, I did watch my step after the warning..

Like Pea Soup Revisited

I posted the pastel version of this one last week. It's the third of three paintings of this image. My palette was less muted than the original version. This to me offers peace to the viewer.