Sunrise Walk 3

Happy New year all. I'm cooking tomorrow's meal and painting.

Sunrise Walk 1

The sky in the morning can humble you.

Sunrise Walk 4

The sky before sunrise on a random daily walk.

Perfect Storm

I love these houses. Maybe I should buy one.

September Marina Vibe

The bones of this painting were done in ink on site. Color and various media were added later.

Marina Hillside

I painted this piece during my recent stay in Northern California. I frequently "turn around" and paint something other than the ocean.

Pier Group Three

This is part of a series that started out as 1, 5 and 15 minute drawings of a scene. After the lesson, I continued to work on them. They were done on Khadi paper using multiple mediums. The subject matter is a marina in Richond, California.

Corner House Before Sunrise

As artists, we all tend to paint our surroundings. Some mornings when I'm heading out for an early morning workout this corner house is illuminated. It reminds me of an Edward Hopper painting. I of course cannot begin to mimic Hopper, but I can add my own spin to it. I've recently picked up many varieties of gel pens and Kuretake Gansai Tambi granulating colors both were used in this series of paintings.

Magical Hills

The fog was extremely thick on the day I took the photo that inspired this painting. Of course all images are open to interpretation.

Night Flight 2

This was inspired by the sketches that were posted previously. I am in the process of evaluating what I currently have in storage. I have a lot of old sketchbooks that I have completed. Maybe I can explore them again with fresh eyes and different skills. Some of them were completed in 2009-2010. IMHO my people sketches were much better.

Point Reyes Layers

This was also inspired by the same set of plein air sketches I spoke about in my most recent post. Below are the sketches completed on site.

I recently purchased a set of oil pastels made by Caran D'ache. I think the next paintings will be with this medium. I will keep you posted.

Night Flight

I always go back to revisit old plein air paintings for additional inspiration. We made a visit to the Point Reyes National Seashore a couple of years back. I remember this visit because I sketched in the car to avoid snakes. Long story short, I encountered two snakes in one day at this location a few years back and it still haunted me. I sectioned off a number of squares on a page of mixed media Canson paper and completed about 5 little plein air sketches. I pulled that page out recently and did some pastels. I will try and post the sketches later. Of course I took liberties with the time of day or night.

Rebirth

On our way to and from Lee Vining, California and the Eastern sierra we drove through many areas that had been hit by wildfire's. These areas were going through what appeared to be regrowth. I tried to capture that in this image.

Red Houses

One of the many scenes from my morning walks in Austin.

Frate Barker Spring Flowers

I walk in this area for some of my morning walks. This year the flowers didn't disappoint. Their presence even made driving on MOPAC more tolerable. The photo that inspired this piece was taken early morning on my phone.

Sunlit House

The spring flowers this year were breathtaking. This painting is my attempt at blue bonnets and blackeyed susans. I did a series of value studies and generateed the paintngs from the value studies. This is a patch of flowers in South Austin.

Trees, Rocks and Water

I have had the pleasure and honor to visit the Eastern Sierra twice. This painting was inspired by an image taken during my first trip.

Sierra Storms Watercolor

This years visit to the Eastern Sierra area was a bit rainy but beautiful none the less. I really liked the storm clouds and the patch of yellow flowers that splashed across the landscape.

Sierra Storms One

The painting was inspired by a photo I took this year while visiting the Eastern Sierra. The skys were amazing as was the landscape. It made me feel incredibly small.

Albany Bug Cove

I follow painting groups online and that is how I found this fine painting spot. I was attracted to the atmosphere which for me is the fog. Depicting fog for me is a fun atruggle.