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My studio faces Montecito Peak, which explains why it sneaks into an extraordinary number of paintings. A collection of Watercolor & Gouache, Acrylic & Oil.
Montecito Peak, painted from memory in France. Watercolor & Gouache.
Graphite wash on paper. Painted in France, fall 2017.
20x30 on wood panel, in Original Paintings
Painted in France, fall 2017. Watercolor & Gouache on Arches paper.
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.
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.
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
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.
Graphite Wash on Arches paper. Painted in France, Fall 2017.
Watercolor on Arches paper. Painted in France, Fall 2017.
40x40 canvas, in Original Paintings.
40x40 canvas, in Original Paintings.
16x16 on wood panel, in Original Paintings
24x36 on wood panel, in Original Paintings
A commissioned ocean painting on 30x60 canvas.
20x30 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.
A collection of watercolor & gouache paintings created while traveling in France and Scotland in recent years.
A garden cottage along a river in the Ariege, France. Limited Edition prints available.
A meadow outside of a 17th century Highland pub. Watercolor & Gouache.
A full pink moon rising in the outskirts of Fontvieille, Southern France. Watercolor & Gouache.
Welcoming light from our farmhouse in southern france.
Scottish Highlands in November. Watercolor & Gouache.
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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