Bishop Byway
9 x 12
oil on canvas panel
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Today’s painting is a rural scene from Bishop, California, focusing on the beauty of fall in this eastern Sierra community. The warm color palette suggests afternoon light. Bishop receives little rainfall during the year (the Sierra catches most of the precipitation on its high peaks.) Temperatures can swing wildly, […]

“High Desert Grazing”
5 x 7 inch
oil miniature
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This small oil painting is a memory of our recent trip up into the eastern Sierra. Looking westward one sees the mighty Sierra Nevada range. Looking eastward (this view) […]

Loch Shiel, Scotland
12 x 16 oil on canvas
commission (sold)
This painting, painted as a commission, depicts a historic site in the highlands of Scotland in the village of Glenfinnan. It is the site where bonnie Prince Charlie raised his standard at the beginning of the Jacobite rising in 1745. Glenfinnan sits at the north end of […]

Crystal Crag (view from Lake Mary)
Mammoth Lakes, California
5 x 7″
acrylic
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The first snow at Mammoth Lakes, California, dusted the Crystal Crag formation overlooking Lake Mary. More storms would follow creating tall drifts contrasting vividly with the blue of the water. This seemed […]

Vineyard Eucalyptus
8 x 10
oil on linen panel
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Two of my favorite subjects - vineyards and eucalyptus trees - symbols of California’s rich beauty. This painting […]

“Arroyo Seco Trail”
9 x 12 inches, oil on canvas
SOLD (commission)
I like to paint new things, as a rule, because it’s fun to interpret new subject matter and challenge myself - but from time to time I get a request from a client to paint a new version of a previous painting. In this case, a […]

“Cottonwood Road”
9 x 12 inches
Oil
This is the next in my series of fall Sierra paintings, this time with a complementary color palette of orange and blue - a combo that is easy to find in autumn. The Sierra Nevada range rises steeply from Owens Valley and in the afternoon takes on a distinctly blue violet […]

“Soaring”
16 x 12 oil on canvas
We’re finally getting rain in Southern California - a welcome change from the excessive drought of this past year. I hope that it is sufficient to sink down deep and nourish the parched root systems of all of our plants. They could use a good long drink. I’m optimistic that […]

“The Knitting Basket”
SOLD (commissioned work)
11 x 14 oil on canvas
This painting was a pleasure to paint for a client as a Christmas gift for a family member, portraying the items the person uses in pursuit of her favorite hobby, knitting.
Although I had not painted knitting before, I felt confident that I could do it, because, […]

“The Red Barn” - near Visalia, Calif
9 x 12 inches, oil on linen panel
This painting was an experiment using a very limited palette of primarily viridian and burnt sienna. A little yellow ochre was used in the sky, and a dash of cadmium red highlighted the top of the barn, but all of the rest […]