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My studio breaks are sometimes spent in the garden, which often leads to painting the garden in the studio. A circular relationship.
16x16 on wood panel, in Original Paintings
36x36 oil on canvas, in Original Paintings
16x16 on wood panel, in Original Paintings
My studio faces Montecito Peak, which explains why it sneaks into an extraordinary number of paintings. A collection of Watercolor & Gouache, Acrylic & Oil.
20x30 on wood panel, in Original Paintings
One of four large Tequila Agave paintings created for Casa Blanca Restaurant in downtown Santa Barbara.
One of seven paintings created for the exterior of Jeff Shelton's Vera Cruz building in downtown Santa Barbara.
From the edge of my garden in early spring, Montecito Peak backdrops blooming Cecile Brunner roses.
A detail of this Watercolor Painting is on the label of Santa Barbara Winery's Pinot Noir.
20x20 on wood panel, currently available at the Lafond Tasting Room in Santa Barbara's Funk Zone.
18x24 on wood panel, in Original Paintings
A favorite walk along Irish Cliffs near Doolin, just after a storm, with seafoam floating in the air from breaking waves. One of 7 paintings on the exterior of Jeff Shelton's Vera Cruz building in downtown Santa Barbara.
Beaches, Palms, Pools & Tidepools -- and my favorite Pond in upstate New York -- painted in Watercolor, Gouache, Acrylic, and Oil. A few of these are available as Limited Edition Giclee Prints.
40x40 canvas, in Original Paintings.
40x40 canvas, in Original Paintings.
20x30 on wood panel, in Original Paintings.
16x16 on wood panel, in Original Paintings
24x36 on wood panel, in Original Paintings
A commissioned ocean painting on 30x60 canvas.
10x20 on wood panel, in Original Paintings.
The surprise of Painting is part of the fun -- particularly in abstracts, where I try to let the composition grow as it wants to, in layers from transparent to opaque, leaving glimpses of previous versions beneath the final.
Mixed Media. 20x30 wood panel.
Mixed Media. 20x30 wood panel.
Diptych on wood panels, 16x32.
I'll always be grateful for the 5 weeks my family spent in Provence in 2015, in a friend's 200 year old farmhouse. In the mornings, we explored markets & villages, and afternoons found me watercoloring -- often using the produce we bought as models.
Logos, Labels, and other fun things.
Commissioned "portrait" of the Santa Barbara Company at 214 East Victoria, one of my favorite shops/businesses in town.
Watercolor & Gouache Tomato for Plow to Porch Organics in SB.
Magenta Mountains (lower center), Irish Road (below window) thaca Pond (upper right), Sierra (lower left) and three other paintings (Hanalei Bay, Irish Cottage & Puffer Fish) appear on Jeff Shelton's Vera Cruz building in the 500 block of Santa Barbara Street.
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