"GUARDIANS"

They stand century after century like guardians over everything that is below and around them.
I wanted to capture the power in these cliffs I wanted to paint just how majestic they appeared.
This original oil painting is 70x38 it is sold but I think I will do it as one of my miniature 8x6 inch.
Location is" Lake Powell"

'WINTERS LIGHT"

With the sun setting and the shadows on the snow I new this would make for a good painting to do.
I studied my photo for a long time to understand just what happens with the glare of light and all the shadows it forms, it was at that point I started on the journey of giving this painting life. It is an original oil on canvas, a 32x36 gallery wrapped & painted on all four sides so no framing is needed.

"POETIC ILLUSIONS"

Back bay in Newport Beach.  60x20 oil on canvas.

"STATE OF MIND"

A morning hike in centrol California,  60x20" oil on canvas.

"FIREFLIES & SOFTBALL"

Another for my black & white series that I love doing.  36x36" oil on canvas (SOLD)

:REFLICTIONS"

Morning sunrise in the back country in California. 34x36 oil on canvas.

EARLY SHADOWS"

When in Minnesota last year I stopped to photograph this knowing that this was my nex painting. 36x36" oil on canvas. (SOLD)

"MIDWAY"

A carnival I past on a road trip to Kansas. Oil on canvas, size: 40x40" (SOLD)

"ROAD LESS TRAVELED"

This painting is of a little known back road heading out of Palm Springs into Arizona.

I have driven this stretch so many times I have lost count.  On this day, like all the other days  one can travel for hours and not see another car coming or going.  Then when you do spot a car, it's like its moving in slow motion till it passes in a blur as I look in my rear view mirror and watch it slowly disappear. This is a 36x36 inch oil on caves.. (SOLD)

"STORM RUNNER"

This painting was really a workout capturing the mood of the day with the sun shinning, clouds darkening vanishing points and all that is going on was a real brain twister for me. I was heading into New Mexico when I pulled of the road grabbing my camera and taking one shot as it started to rain.  Back in my car I continued into Santa Fe and dinner.  I do love the weather condition's that take place in the deserts, you can see storms coming from what seems to be hundreds of miles away.  This is one of my paintings in Chemers Gallery.  It just sold on 11/5/2010  36x60 inch gallery wrapped canvas.

"AFTER THE RAINS"

There is something that I just love about after it rains, the sun is dropping out of the sky and the air has been washed clean that strikes a cord deep inside my me.  As far back as I can remember the fascination of reflections on the wet pavement,glistening light on rain soaked leaves, all this is magical to see and paint. This painting is 60x24

"PALM SPRING SHOWERS" 12x16 original oil painting

This is crossing a part of Palm Springs that few ever travel on... It is... Nay! I was going to say where it is but I wont, I like this road to be quiet, I have driven for two hours and not pass a car, when a little younger and silly I would drive this by the light of the moon... Silly : )

"EARTH" / THE FIELD"

In deciding what to paint next, I rummaged through countless photographs I had taken.  I found this photo when I was still using film.   I had photographed this many years ago before the great mall came, before the widening of the canyon, before couples came and said "Let's make the house  BIGGER!" : )... So going through my photos and finding this snapshot, I decided to paint this small part of earth this "FIELD".   The two top photos are close-ups and the larger is the full painting. The painting is oil on canvas, 60X46 is $12000  (Sold)

"AFTERNOON SHADOWS" original oil painting

A place up the hill from the festival and my summer show.. This is a 30x30 oil on canvas and a study about light and dark and how the sun plays with the mood of this quiet street. (Sold)

"SURF & SAND"

Oil on canvas, a scene where the surf battles the shape of the land and the break wall of this part of the coast called "THE WEDGE"