Landscape

Bill's Valley, 10x10 oil, This is a loose oil done from a photo taken by my friend William Halleck, a crazy good artist and landscape guy,

New Paintings

Blue Dog, oil 24x24. This is a painting I did of a friends dog. 
I added a little spice to it with the background and a few marks.

Dogs Again

 

Chuck Again, 6x6 oil. I did Chuck twice before, but was asked to do him one more time. The owner never the original one, but some dog loving folks did. SOLD

 

Looking Up, oil 6x6. This is a dog looking up.... does it work? The dog is at an angle so one side is shown more then the other and I'm not sure it comes off. Fun to paint.

Field with Purple Flowers

Field with Purple Flowers, 20"x20" Oil. This was done from a smaller painting I did for the 50 paintings in 50 days show. I did this with a hardware 1 and 2 inch paint brush and tried to stay loose. The photo came from a fellow artist, Stacy, she took it on one of her many walks in the bay area.

Going South on Hwy 101

 

Going South on Hwy 101, Oil 6 x 6. This is from a photo I took from my car window as I was driving down highway 101 going to San Lusio Obispo. I tried to make it simple with a few shapes and a few colors, like what I saw in the landscape.

Another Apple

Apples, Oil 5 x 5. I have been doing a painting a day for 50 days for a show I am in, so today I decided to do an apples. I needed a break. The apples are from a tree outside my studio, apples are great to paint and are good practice.  

Bill

 

Bill, Oil 18"x18". This was done with my left hand, not the hand I normally paint with. This was also painted with a dollar paint brush from the hardware store. This is loose and the way I love to paint, I can't always get there, maybe I should always paint with my left hand. Bill is a dog I have painted many time, from different photos. He was a wonderful old dog that had really great poses. His owner bought two painting of him from me,  I continue to paint him from different photos she gave me, rest in peace Bill.

Cake

 

Eat Cake Thiebaud, Oil 8"x8' This is an oil I did of a piece of cake with strawberries on it. Wayne Thiebaud one of my favorite artists did a lot of cakes. SOLD

Black Dog

 

Black Dog, Oil 6"x6". I did two dogs for a person and the second one was chosen, this is the "other"one. I funked this up a bit by adding a green line around part of him and I changed the background to make him pop a bit. Anyone want a "black dog"?

More Dogs and Landscapes

 

Black dog, Oil 11x14. This is my problem - painting a black dog on black canvas. The dog is from a picture of a facebook friend's dog. I did her dog Taz awhile ago and she has another dog and takes really good pictures. I am always looking for good pictures. This had its problems, but was fun to paint and made me work.

 

Landscape off of Hwy 101, Oil 11x14. This is from my head, once again it is what I see when going down hwy 101, the farmland, not quite sure what they are planting.

 

Cows and the Coast, Oil 8x8. This is from a smaller painting without the cows, it is what I see when driving down hwy 1 along the coast.

Hwy 101 by San Lusio Obispo

 

Hwy 101 On the Way to San Lusio Obispo. Oil 11" x 14" This is from a photo I took from my cell phone on my drive down highway 101 to San Lusio Obisop, where my son is going to school. The shapes and colors of the landscape, not knowing what is really going on in those hills. SOLD

 

 

The Rows off the Highway, Oil 11"x 14". This is from my head, the farms and rows you see when you are driving, Very loose and abstract.

More Paintings

 

This is a small oil, 6"x6", wanted to do something other than a dog.

 

Three Pears, Oil 5"x 7" SOLD

 

Hwy 1 Looking at Monterey, Oil 11" x 14"

 

The Lunch Dog, Oil 12" x 9" This is from a photo I took of a dog I happened to see when having lunch with my family in San Lusio Obispo. The dog came over to our table and just hung out...I couldn't help taking a photo, glad to have my cell phone. What a great dog...oh ... they are all great dogs.

Norman

 

Norman, Oil 8"x 8" After painting two other dogs for an owner and having them a little tighter then I like and not so goofy. I got this photo from something posted on facebook ... no commission. I love it, I call him Norman cause he looks like a Norman....could be anything. This painting was fun, it is loose, off center, and has a crazy background, all of which makes this a more lively painting. I can't seem to do this with every dog I paint, but when it happens I just love it.

Duke

 

SOLD

Duke, oil 8x10. Boy what a good looking dog. After doing 50 small landscapes I had a hard time jumping back into painting bigger and other subjects, that why I painted the three little panels prior to this, and it help in doing this one. Tried to stay loose with bold brush strokes.

Three Good Friends

These are all on very small 2x4 panels. I was having a hard time painting and these helped me get back in the swing of it....no pressure to do a great big beautiful painting. Two SOLD

New Painting Sketch

This is a sketch in oil I did the other night at a painting and drawing group I had in my studio. When I am just playing around I like to make oil sketches on canvas torn from a canvas pad, not on a panel. I tape the loose canvas on some plastic, paint it with a colored gesso (normally black) and sketch away. This was a still life apple I had set up for the group, it's about 5x7. When this drys I can and have in the past framed these small sketches under glass. SOLD

Two Landscapes

Abstract Trail, oil 6x6. This is from my mind and is what I see when walking the trail out at Ano Neuvo State reserve. In the fall and spring there are all kinds of colors and shapes popping up. This is very loose and abstract. SOLD

Forest Fog, oil 8x8. This is from a cropped photo I had of a forest with fog coming in. This is hard to pull off, this was a painting done before I did a smaller one for the 50 paintings in 50 day show. This one came across, I get it, but the smaller one I don't think worked as well. Oh well,

Sleeping Dog and a few Other Paintings

Sleeping Dog, Oil. This is Bill again this time sleeping, very cool dog very boney. I just found out that Bill the sleeping dog passed away, he was a great dog as all dogs are. Glad I got to paint him.SOLD

Three Cherries, oil 5x5. This was done as a demo I like doing fruit, it is fast and good practice and can be fun...good thing to do if you have to throw out bad fruit. SOLD

This is from my 50 painting in 50 days show, please check out my blog that has all these for the show on August 24, 2012. SOLD

More Paintings

Ano Nuevo, Oil 8x8

The Bark, Oil 6x6

What to do with cherries when they go bad, paint them.

Oil 6x6 SOLD

Bill and Other Paintings

This is Bill, he is a wonderful old guy that sleeps in wild positions, where his bones appear.
                                                      Bill, Oil 8x8 

  
  This is a quilt landscape, the shapes you see in the hills seems like that of a quilt.
                                                            Oil, 12x12

  
This is the back road the rangers take at Ano Nuevo State Reserve, sometimes I walk this path back to my car after a day with the Elephant seals, there was wild mustard one day next to the road,
                                                                  Oil 8x8

                                                        Portolia Pastures, Oil 8x8