An Artist’s Adventures in Palm Springs

An Artist’s Adventures in Palm Springs

I recently took a trip to Palm Springs to check out the weather in summer. I’m thinking of relocating there and wanted to see if I could survive the heat. I also wanted to see what might inspire me to pick up the paint brushes. On my first day, I discovered a...
Painting en plein air

Painting en plein air

I’ve painted this lovely overlook before (Port Costa Overview), but in a much wetter (later) time of year when the ground was green and lush. It was very instructive to go there mid-July and see the color variations of the ground and vegetation. The parched soil...
Contrasts

Contrasts

While traveling through the farmland of eastern Solano County in California, I was taken by the site of an old, derelict barn next to a field of towering wind turbines. The contrast of the old and the new motivated me to get out my oils and record the scene. As is...
Hanging out in the park on a sunny summer day

Hanging out in the park on a sunny summer day

I love painting outdoors in front of the motif. I am especially drawn to places where people gather. It’s delightful there is a Washington Square Park in San Francisco. I am sure if I googled it there would be others found elsewhere in the country. But the one...
Painting a Barn in a Vineyard

Painting a Barn in a Vineyard

The simplicity of a field, cloudy skies, vineyards, the farm houses and steep hills in the distance- these locales enchant me and bring me great joy and satisfaction. My agitated manner of painting works as a foil to the calm scene, creating a tension in spite of...