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While staying in San Luis Obispo for a few days, we spent an afternoon at Morro Bay and were able to do a plein air painting at this location.

This painting is based on the Pear Lake meadow view on the trail on the PCT in Washington State. This is painted with the new duo oil/water paints.

This painting is based on a PCT Trail Section just north of the Harts Pass ranger station. We hiked this section in late July while hiking the Washington State PCT trail section.

I decided to continue to experiment with my new oil/water paints called duo. My third painting of this new medium that I am working was created for Ellie, my daughter. I’m planning to work with these paints as they can be thinned and brushes cleaned without solvents. This allows me to paint in more containedContinue reading “San Francisco”

While sailing in the Caribbean I spent a few day on Aruba. This small island nation is famous for it’s white beaches and trees that are sculpted by the wind. This painting is based on a view on a north west corner of the island.

This painting was done while living in Santa Cruz in March 2023. The steep vertical wall cliffs of West Cliff/ light house area with the big wave crashing from the Pacific on the big cliffs make for dramatic views everyday!

On Christmas eve we have a tradition of going to this beach and enjoying the ocean and connecting the nature around us. This year, it was a mild 65 degree warm sunny day. Rather than beach comb, I painted this picture from a new vantage point closer to the water.

This painting is of an intentional living community in San Luis Obispo, CA. The house is a 130 year, 19 bedroom, 4 bathroom old boarding house and hotel dating back to the 1880’s. More information about this building and the intentional community inside can be found on a website at: https://www.theestablishmentslo.com/

In late July 2022, I hiked and backpacked various segments of PCT trail in northern California. This was one trip out of the Shasta area trailheads to a chain of lakes just about 1 mile off the PCT trail called East Boulder Lake. In the distance about 30 miles away was a thunderhead set ofContinue reading “East Boulder Lake, CA”

In late July 2022, I backpacked and camped at some sections of the Pacific Crest Trail (PCT) near Mt Hood in Oregon. This painting is based on a scene as you are getting close to the lodge. There was still some snow on the upper sections of Mt Hood.