Flyway Festival "Best of Show"!

Good news this week as my marsh painting "Quiet Marsh" received "Best of Show" this year at the 2013 Flyway festival. (http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Mare-Island-Flyway-Festival-is-for-the-birds-4265718.php) I entered the three paintings shown here this year. Great fun!

6"x8" Oil on Panel. (Painting on right with gold frame)

Still Life Plein Air

Painted outdoors in a courtyard on a grey day in the early afternoon. (This has now been signed.)

10" x 8" Oil on canvas mounted on board. $395.00 unframed. Shipping included.

Mt. Diablo Winter Study

Cold, windy day from Hidden lakes region of Martinez looking toward Mt. Diablo. Palette knife used on this small painting.  This one is "featured" on the California Plein Air Painters site this week: http://californiapleinair.ning.com/photo/photo/listFeatured?xg_source=msg_feat_photo

Just finished a 9" x 12" on archival canvas panel from this study and on site sketches.

6" x 8" (15x20cm) Oil on Raymar Plein Air panel. $255.00 shipping included. Unframed.

Provence Etude 2

French oil painting study using brushes rather than the palette knife. This painting is now signed. I can provide several framing options. A larger (12" x 16") painting has been completed based on this study.

8" x 6" (20 x 15cm) Oil on canvas panel. $175 Unframed.

Blackwood Canyon - Lake Tahoe

More a study of greys and neutrals. Barry John Raybould (http://www.bjrgallery.com/) is really good, in my opinion, of using greys effectively.

This was a plein air painting on a afternoon with fairly flat light on a late summer day this year. I see some areas that could have used a few "value" adjustments, but I left it alone when I got back the cabin and I'm happy that I did.

8" x 6" Oil on Raymar plein air panel. NFS.

Autumn Marsh Study

Marsh Study in the Fall season. I have done quite a few marsh paintings this Fall. This one was painted with a combination of palette knifes and traditional brushwork.

6" x 8" - Oil on Canvas panel. $225 - Unframed.

Maui Morning

West Mountain Maui in the morning from the town of Kihei. Palette knife technique.

6" x 8" (20x15cm) Raymar plein air panel. $225.00 Unframed.

Suisun Valley Vineyard - Plein Air

Suisun valley vineyard on a mid-summer morning. Looking west towards the coastal range.

6" x 8" (15x20cm) Oil on Canvas Panel. $175.00 unframed. Shipping included.

Mendocino Coast Plein Air

Painted south of the town of Mendocino (Van Damme Beach) on a cool foggy morning.

8" x 10" Oil on Raymar Plein Air Panel

John Muir's Carriage House and Vineyard - SOLD!

Painted plein air in the Fall at the John Muir home in Martinez.

8" x 10" Oil on Raymar Panel. $395.00 Shipping included. Unframed. SOLD!!!

Starbucks Small Showing!

Showing 4 small recent paintings!

Great location at Center and Pine Street in Martinez!
Starbucks
502 Center Ave
Martinez, CA 94553

Goose Meadows - Truckee

Meadow along the Truckee River between Truckee and Lake Tahoe.  I have done several paintings from this site in various formats.

6" x 8" (15x20cm) Oil on canvas panel.
Available: $225 Shipping included.

Joy's Boatyard At Benicia - Sunset

Painted in Benicia just of 1st Street at Sunset in late Spring. This painting spot is right around the corner from the Benicia Plein air Gallery.

8" x 6" (20x15cm) Oil on Panel. $200.00 Shipping included.

Georgeown California - Light Rain

Painted Plein air in a light rain under a barn overhang. Late Fall. This location drops off severely into the middle fork of the American River.

Oil 8"x6" Raymar Panel

Haze On The Delta

Plein air painting on a hazy morning on the way to Rio Vista.

6" x 8" Oil on Raymar plein air panel.

Tugboat Station - Benicia

Cold day painting made for very quick work.

6" x 8" Oil on Raymar Panel. Framed in a very nice gold Frame

Plein Air Maui - Kealia Pond

Plein air painting just outside of Kihei on the Kealia Pond. I did this 6" x 8" on Raymar panel and then did a 14" x 18" of it when I got back to California.

"Lake Tahoe - Summer Morning"

Painted on a summer morning into a glare from Sunnyside (west shore) looking east towards the Nevada shore. The clouds were building already by 10:00am.

6" x 8" Oil on Raymar panel

"Still Life Study" Homage Piece

Still Life that was painted very loosely. I've been painting quite a bit lately going back and forth between using a palette knife and brush technique.

6" x 8" Oil on Board

"Dixon Barn With Crows"

Now in late summer many of the fields have been cut hence the crows are out in abundance. I'm trying out some new palette knifes this week. I seem to be hard on the equipment. I painted another version of this on a larger format.

6" x 8" (15x20cm) Oil on Canvas panel. $165.00. Unframed.