Now in a New England collection.

oil/Japanese wood block panel

Violet clouds moved in on the horizon as we painted a quiet afternoon at Hendrys Beach.

sketch from life
I loved seeing these cows, their white smooth bodies against the dark backgrounds of barn and ground, the white showing the shadows in their skin stretching around bony hips and shoulders, their bodies massive. These were all cows; we were not allowed to paint the bulls because they were in a separate barn. Our host described them as "Not dangerous, but very ...Italian."

In Santa Barbara collections, both a small and a large version. 

this acrylic painting just won the Jurors Purchase Award at the Abstract Art Collective’s Fourth Annual Open Show. Juror: Nancy Giffords

Looking up the coast at twilight, the low sun and spring growth after rain created a harmony in greens and violet.

Was in the exhibit "Nature in Motion" at the Wildling Museum, Solvang, California.

Nojoqui Trickle I won Juror's Choice and was sold at "Near and Far: Plein Air in County Parks" exhibit, Santa Barbara and Santa Maria, California, 2015 (juror: David Gallup)
A painter friend encouraged me to enlarge this painting, and the big version sold at the SCAPE show to benefit the Gaviota Coast at the Bacara, yielding a nice donation to the Gaviota Coast Conservancy.

Now in a Santa Barbara collection.

oil sketch
Gone to the East Coast

Plein air acrylic underpainting with oil, with a little studio finish to it. Now in the collection of  a couple who sail the Atlantic coast.

This 6 foot by 3 foot painting was painted plein air over the course of a few sunsets, looking toward the mountains from the tip of Shoreline Park. Now in a Philadelphia collection.

Hanging off a narrow path as big waves started breaking just below, the glow of those cliffs makes it worth getting out before dawn. It was thrilling. The painting won Honorable Mention from Juror Eric Merrell, California Art Club Signature Artist, at the SCAPE show to benefit the Wildling Museum in October, 2016. Being kept in the artist's collection until a bigger piece is made from it.

Oil on linen-covered artist wood panel (SourceTek); Not for sale because its a new method and needed for reference.

Santa Barbara harbor has lots of luscious views--the ice house, the boat hoists and docks, as well as the boats themselves. It's one of my favorite places to paint, and this is a rare shady spot to set up the easel.

For years, artists and critics have been telling me to paint a large version of "Nojoqui Falls Trickle," which won juror's choice at the County Parks show. Many hours and layers of paint later, it's done. Oil on cradled board. Sold at the SCAPE Ritz-Carlton Bacara to a couple who each independently picked it as their favorite.

Plein air sketch on a very bright day, when the ocean met the slough

Pastel on pastel paper; Now in a Washington, D.C. collection

This 8 x 11" image is framed to be hung in any orientation.

Olive, cypress, dark clouds and sun over the hill in the distance, and the owner of the olive groves in a big hat and blue work clothes, at work trimming the trees.

Colors and shapes inspired this abstracted view. It's now in the collection of California artist Whitney Brooks Abbott.

I loved the fragile beauty of this eucalyptus, over the hill, backed by the pearly dawn. Oil on birch panel. Painted plein air at dawn, way up high in Santa Barbara. Now in a Washington DC collection

Light and shadow played and so did I at the end of a long day of painting wild conditions on Carpinteria's beautiful bluffs.

oil

This is a sketch for a larger version. Not for sale until the big one is just right!

Oil sketch

Acrylic on artists panel
Painted at my nephew Ben's wedding, where the huge tree in front sheltered and then allowed the small tree on the little island to flourish.

Oil on linen covered birch panel
12 x 16

Oil; painted from a boat at the back of the Channel Islands; framed to 9 x 11"

Oil
Private collection, Santa Barbara

This postcard-sized oil sketch, 4.5 x 6.25 inches, framed to 6 x 8 inches, was sold at the SCAPE County Parks Show, 2014.

This painting has been lost.

oil/ linen-covered wood panel

Carpinteria Arts Center chose this painting for all the publicity for the Summer, 2015 show, "California Dreaming." The painting shows a sunset behind Meg's husband's office on the UCSB campus, through old cypress at Hope Ranch.

Oil over canvas
Gone to a beautiful old house in New England, fitting because this is Motif #2
(Motif #1 Being in Rockport, Massachusetts)

Oil on linen-covered birch panel.

Now in a Santa Barbara collection

Tiny little abstract study, oil and marker on wood panel.

oil on linen-covered wood panel
Going to a collection in Marin County

oil/Japanese wood block panel; now in a Santa Barbara collection

On its way to a Boston collection.

Now in a New Hampshire collection

Oil

Oil on Canvas
Now in a New Hampshire collection

Pastel Sketch on Sanded Paper; Stolen or misplaced at GVAA/SBAA Hutton show, Santa Barbara

Oil; Juried into Visons of Gaviota: SCAPE show at the Bacara Resort, April, 2013, Juror: John Iwerks

Now in the collection of a wonderful Santa Barbara painter

Oil sketch, unframed

Oil on stretched canvas; Juried into Visons of Gaviota: SCAPE show at the Bacara Resort, April, 2013, Juror: John Iwerks; added to a Santa Barbara collection after being shown at the University Club of Santa Barbara.

This one is nestled in the library of a lovely house above the Hudson River in New York.

going to a collection in Australia

Now in a Santa Barbara collection

Oil on linen panel over birch wood, Juried into and sold at the SCAPE Bacara Resort Show, 'Visions of Gaviota,' April, 2014,
Juror: John Iwerks

Pastel Sketch on Sanded Paper - on its way to a Boston collector

Juried into and sold at the 2013 SCAPE Art Along the Creek Show, Juror: Larry Iwerks

Now in a Philadelphia collection

Pastel on Sanded Paper - Now in a Santa Barbara collection

Pastel on Sanded Paper - SOLD - Juried into and sold at SCAPE Bacara Show 2013.

Oil on canvas
Massachusetts collection

Hung with "Violet Evening"in a Massachusetts collection.

Pastel Over Watercolor on Wallis Paper, now in a Philadelphia collection

Pastel on Sanded Paper, Now in a beautiful house overlooking the Hudson River

Pastel on Sanded Paper, NFS

Pastel on Sanded Paper - NFS - First version juried into and sold at Bacara SCAPE Show 2013

Pastel on Sanded Paper

Pastel on Sanded Paper, prints available
Framed archival giclee now on display at The Good Life, Solvang, California

Now in a collection in England

Pastel over ground pastel over oil print. Won 2nd prize at Carpinteria Arts Center Abstract show, June, 2014, Juror: Rick Stich, and sold at the show artist's reception to Santa Barbara collectors.

Pastel over Water Color Underpainting - Private collection, Virginia

9.75x9.75

oil/wood panel

Sold at the Bacara Gaviota Coast benefit 2015

Oil on Smooth Artist Panel, Jurored into and sold at the SCAPE Bacara 'Visions of Gaviota' show, April, 2014

watercolor, pen and ink and pastel pencil sketch

Pastel Sketch on Sanded Paper
This is framed in black mat and black frame, and looks great with 'Fire in the Canyon' matted and framed in white.

Pastel sketch over ground pastel over oil palette print.This can be hung in any orientation.

Oil Sketch

Pastel sketch on Sanded Paper

Oil on Canvas;
On its way to a beautiful old house on an island in Maine

Currently on display in the dining room at the University Club, Santa Barbara.

Jurored into and sold at the SCAPE Bacara Resort 'Visions of Gaviota' show, April 2014

Oil on 1" Cradled Board

oil

Oil Sketch --See "Yellow" pairs for tryptich details.

Won Honorable Mention at the SCAPE Wilderness Show, the Art Foundry, Santa Barbara, September 19, 2014
Judge: Patty Jaquemain

Now on display at the Los Olivos Gallery, Los Olivos, California

Oil
Bought by a Santa Barbara collector from the University Club exhibit, 2015

Part of a diptych of Etruscan cattle.

One last painting before we left the church nearest Spedalone. It had inspiring frescoes inside, and beautiful outbuildings. This was one of them, nestled in the cypress, with a vine along the side, surrounded by meadow grass speckled with spring wildflowers.

Rain showers blew in a few times on a trip to Tuscany recently, providing great clouds. Here, sunlight hitting a bright green newly planted field was irresistable.

What to do with stone pines against a squat, awkward bulwark of a tower with fancy windows? Taking liberties, I stretched it high enough it could have housed Rapunzel.

Acrylic