I finally have all my work ready for my solo show at Robert Lewis Gallery! It opens Friday, April 13th. Hope to see you there (click here to view paintings that will be in the show).
My next show is a group event at The Vault Gallery in Sonora, “Gold Country Plein Air“. I need to have a couple of pieces ready for the “pre-show”, so painted this one.

“Golden Hour” - Oil on Linen - 8×6″

I love painting in Blackwood Canyon, just outside of Tahoe City. Andy Skaff and I paint there together when I visit. I completed this work for my solo show (opening April 13 in Pacific Grove). I took photos at interim stages, so hope to make it into a video as I did the “Secluded Cove” painting. I’m thinking of having both videos run on a loop at the show as I think collectors would be interested in seeing paintings develop. Then again, they’ll get to see them in the “ugly stages”!

Autumn in Blackwood Canyon - Oil on Linen - 16×20

As I wrote yesterday, I have a solo show coming up at Robert Lewis Gallery, so I’m painting like a mad-man to get ready, less than 4 weeks until the opening! Click here to view paintings in the show.
I painted this studio work, “Secluded Cove“. I’m not happy with the quality of the photo, but it gives you an idea. I am really happy with the painting, but have to figure out how to get decent photos of my larger works. If you have tips, let me know. I use a digital camera for larger works and a flatbed scanner for smaller works.

Click the image below and you’ll get to a page that will show you a QuickTime demo of the painting in progress.  This is also available on YouTube.

Click to visit a page with the demo video

I’d planned on a weekend of painting in Carmel, but, the weatherman lied again. Instead of sun, fog. I did get one afternoon in the day I arrived. The second day, while I was waiting for the fog to clear, I stopped by Robert Lewis Gallery. I first met Robert at Eriksen Gallery (the first to carry my work) and then again at San Luis Obispo Plein Air last year. He has a gallery of his own in Pacific Grove. Nice guy. We had a chat about art as a second career. Turns out we’d both been at Apple Computer around the same time (he was at Claris on the Filemaker team).

He ended up asking me to show at his gallery for a bit, starting April 13 (Friday the 13th, no less). Having just delivered a dozen paintings to Kumquat Art & Home, I’m a little short, so I plan on painting like a mad man the next few weeks! I finished a nice large one today that I’ll post tomorrow. I have photos of the work in progress, so it makes a good demo. Most of the work I can commit to the show currently are on the small side, so I’ll be painting 16×20 and larger to have a variety.

The painting above, “Hillside Oaks” (Oil on Linen, 12×16) will be in the show. I’ll blog about the details as the solidify. Hope to see you at the opening! You can more Friday, April 13th for now.

I’m showing again at Kumquat Art & Home in San Francisco. Keverne, the owner, reported a sale as she was hanging the work, so we’re off to a good start. Click here for a full page of paintings available, here’s a sample of what’s available.  She also has a number of older, unframed studies that are being sold at a very reasonable price

“Towards the Sun #2″ Oil on Linen, 9×12	Colorado Drama Oil on Linen, 11×14
Subtle Seascape Oil on Linen, 8×10	Colorado Pines Oil on Linen, 11×14

I’m taking time off to take advantage of the fantastic weather (sorry east coast, don’t mean to brag   If the weather holds out, I’ll stay here until Sunday night.
I arrived late, so only had time for one quick study.  Drove around a bit, then found these dry-docked boats at the Stanford University Marine Center.  Late-afternoon light, my favorite.  I think I regret putting the sky in. I’ll have to live with this a couple of days to determine whether it was a good idea or not.  What do you think?

Dry Dock Twins - Oil on Linen - 9×12

Wow, what a FANTASTIC day in San Francisco. I believe it was around 80 degrees (F). Mike and I had breakfast with good friends Sam and Phil, then we spent a few hours looking at open houses. We’re thinking of pulling up roots in Redwood City and moving to San Francisco, somewhere around Castro or Noe Valley. We find ourselves in the city a lot anyway, and had been thinking about buying a small weekend condo, but now thinking bigger.I was eager to get out and paint. I drove a bit around home and ended up at this favorite spot behind La Canada College. There’s a service road there that leads between the school and La Canada Road. The light was GREAT. So clear and warm (about 5PM, after we “sprang forward” for DST, so actually 6PM).

I’m going to start selling studies like this, unframed, from my blog. If you’d like this one, let me know ($150).

Off La Canada Road (Woodside, CA)

Oil on Linen - 8×10 -

I painted this last night…felt good to paint as I took a bit of a break after the Gay Faulkenberry workshop in Scottsdale, and instead wrote about other stuff. I’m not sure if this is done. It’s still in my studio, so I’ll take a look at it in the morning, or put it on my “drying mantle” a couple of days. What do you think?

Pacific Grove, Morning - Oil on Linen - 12×16 - $300 AVAILABLE
Oh, and I got some good news/bad news today: I didn’t get into the Carmel Art Festival, but was asked to come back to Kumquat Art & Home in San Francisco, so I’ll be showing there this Spring. I’m also thinking of offering the studies I show here on my blog for sale via PayPal or eBay. I need to pay for some paint!