Aramis 24x24in oil Athos 24x24in oil Porthos 24x24in oil Detail Porthos These are paintings of three bucks camping out in the neighborhood of Glenshire last year. 

Last summer I attended Roy Rogers concert out at the Sierra Valley. The clouds in late afternoon into twilight changed hues and added to the special night. I did a painting last year of the valley and clouds rolling across landscape. This time I painted the barn at twilight with the clouds. Sierraville Sunset  36x18in. … More Sierra Valley Barn

Yosemite Lower Falls 12x36in acrylic Details VIEW SLIDE SHOW DOWNLOAD ALL I excited to put paint to canvas and capture what I saw from that bridge below the falls this month.

Yosemite Falls drops a total of 2,425 feet. It is made of up of three parts, Upper, Middle Cascade, and Lower. It is hard to grasp the size.  You can just see the tip of the lower falls in this photo from the Yosemite Valley floor. Notice the size of the cars. You can walk … More May in Yosemite

The second of three paintings from my trip to Yosemite in May 2016. The fast changing weather and quick glimpses of rock gave me this image.Sometimes I feel the photo doesn’t need to be interpreted into a painting. Although I really wanted to play with the light and layers. Edge of Light 12×12 acrylic I … More Rain and Rock

I took a hike to Mirror Lake in Yosemite on a wet rain day with lots of mist filtering under Half Dome. It was a quiet morning, not many hikers and except for downpour of hail and rain the last hour a beautiful long hike. This is is the image I painted, from a view … More Mirror Lake along Tenaya Creek

It was hot enough that the cows were standing in water. Hot April VIEW SLIDE SHOW DOWNLOAD ALL It was 84% by noon out in Point Reyes this last week. I found a turnout out near Chimney Rock to paint. No wind and plenty of noisy elephant seals below. The coastline turned aqua in the … More April in Point Reyes

\Wind in the Air 24x8in thick canvas Early in February after some good rain the mustard began to appear in the Sonoma vineyards. I drove up to Cline Cellars. They generously said I could paint on their property. I painted 2 studies shaded by olive trees that day. I moved my easel a few feet … More Wind in the Air

Drakes Estero is an estuary located in Point Reyes National Seashore. A good medium hard hiking trail runs along it. Here is a view where I had lunch as the tide was going out.  There is one huge eucalyptus tree out there that everyone climbs and gets photos taken in. Winter was missing this day … More Drakes Estero

The small side creeks coming into Cascade creek, in Fairfax were running in January from our rains. Late in the afternoon after painting the moss bay wood trees, I hiked up  into the Elliott Nature Preserve and found this creek with the late afternoon light backlighting the bridge. I quickly sketched in my layout I … More Cascade Creek