Relic

Relic - oil on panel - 5" x 7"

Here, again, is that old pier. It has a sort of Stonehenge look. Built by people long ago, in a less technological era. Off across the water, on the horizon, is the city, almost like another world as well. It is easy to look off into the distance and imagine what might be happening over there...

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Reaching...

Reaching...  8" x 8" - oil on linen panel

This was the most beautiful sky. And here we have pampas grass trying to reach it! It was such a wonderful cool evening.
I hope you get out and enjoy your evening.

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The Sun Pours Down Like Honey (Study)

The Sun Pours Down Like Honey (Study) - Oil on Panel - 6" x 6"

One of the reasons for doing these small paintings is that they can be studies for larger works. I really like this as a small painting, so am now working on an 18" x 18" of the same subject. When the California Art Club had their Winter Symposium last month, they requested that artists submit paintings for a critique session. Well, I was having doubts about the foreground, so I submitted this study. It was somewhat shocking to see this little 6" x 6" painting projected on a screen to 12 x 12' in front of 200 artists! The study was critiqued by a panel, but they liked it and didn't think the foreground was a problem at all!

Translating this small thing into a large one is a lot harder than you'd think. Humm.. How many times have I used the word "hard" on this blog? Does it sound like I'm whining? If it weren't hard, I wouldn't feel so good when it's done. There's a real elation to solving a difficult problem (like how to paint shiny mud in this case)!

Oh, and yes, I took the title from a Leonard Cohen song.

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Day's End

...Day's End...

6" x 8" - oil on panel

This is a park near where I live. There are lots of gulls and shorebirds here. The strip of blue behind the trees is San Francisco Bay. The mood of stillness and glow of the sky are what made me want to paint this.

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Pink Sunrise

...Pink Sunrise...

6" x 8" - oil on linen panel

Sunrise over the salt marshes... You can see the lights of a city across the bay. Everyone is just waking up. A few are out walking their dogs.

I haven't done many paintings that are predominately dark in value, and even in this one, I lightened the ground a bit, but I like the mood quite a lot! I will be painting more dark works for sure!

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Shoreline Fog

...Shoreline Fog...

5" x 7" - oil on museum quality panel

Sometimes we have what the weatherman likes to call patchy fog. It really looks cool, especially when warmed by the sun. Here the tide was low in these salt marshes. I had a hard time trying to simplify all the detail. The old wooden pier is falling down, and is sort of a landmark in this area. I like painting it!

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Coastal Pine at Dusk

...Coastal Pine at Dusk...

6" x 6" - oil on museum quality panel

Okay, this is just a tree. So, why did I want to paint it? Well, the sky behind it gives a feeling that the tree is singing, or is joyful. See the vibrations. See how it has its branches lifted up... And, it's just beautiful! 

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