"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"

"THE LAST LIGHT"

After hours of driving I pulled off on the side of the highway to get out and stretch my legs. Leaning back against my van and relaxing, I felt a warm summers breeze sweep easily over me from this wonderful Nebraskan landscape. Looking around I turned just in time to see these grain silos way off in the distance catch the last light of the setting sun and I thought," what a fantastic country this is".   Oil on canvas 40x40 inch gallery wrap. This is going to be an up-coming blog painting that will be posted to "Skies the Limit"
(SOLD)

"STILL OPEN?"

Late night, a little hungry and tired after a long days drive it was good to find a place that is still open.  A nice hot cup of coffee, a slice of pie I now can sit back and reply my camera on today's shoot.  Deleting some, keeping others, deciding on what might I paint and how large will I make the painting.  Downing my third cup of Jo and finishing "I must say" a great piece of lemon-meringue pie I knew I had some good material to keep me busy painting.  Now it's time to find a rood and sleep.  This is the third in the series for Chemers gallery that I will deliver once dry.  This is a 12x12 oil on canvas.... I just might do bigger, mmmm!

"HEADING WEST"

For me it was like finding a long lost friend.  This painting was lost in the shuffle of a galleries inventory, when the relation ended this painting reappeared and was shipped back to me.  Yes I to am at blame for not keeping closer tabs, but, it all has a happy ending, I got my baby back and can re-introduce it.  This painting came about from me being on a road at the right time.  I was heading back to California when out of the corner of my eye I saw this red pickup coming down a dusty road, I slowed letting him get in front, as the truck entered into my lane I was excited to see the pillbox air-stream in tow, reached for my trusty camera, took one shot knowing my next painting was locked inside...  This is an oil on canvas 36x24 and will be "unless sold" in my summer show where I know it will find a home. For serious interest email me. schwartzart@earthlink.net     (Sold) 

"HEY TAXI!" & "LATE NIGHT TAKEOUT"

This two canvas are apart of a series of three at this moment for Chemers gallery to add to what they have already of my canvas paintings.  These are 12x12 gallery wrapped so no framing is needed although Chemers has a fine and extensive line of frames to be had.  And you might look at my blog site to see more of my daily paintings.

"SUNDAY MORNING" 64X30

I wanted to capture the feeling of morning time.. This is in a small town in the US. It could be anywhere, its all of those on any Sunday morning. Quiet, a little coolness in the air, no traffic, bakery is open, paper on most porches, brewing coffee, sleepy faces.... Its "Sunday Morning"

"TRADEWINDS"

With a light breeze blowing warm air, you can smell the rain coming and you just don't care...
I must go back for more rejuvenating. Oil on canvas, 30x24

"GOODNIGHT TILL TOMORROW"

. It is a 20x24" oil on canvas.. (Sold)

"ICE-CREAM PARLOR"

This 30x40" was one of my opening paintings for the Laguna art festival.. It sold within the first 10 minuets of the show... (Sold)

"BLUE SWALLOW MOTEL"

This 24x20 oil painting was inspired by my blog titled "ROUTE 66" a 6x8 inch. My intent was to paint the same scene and yet keep a distinct difference for each. Now! it is back to my blog paintings and I will post my next canvas soon. (Sold)

"IN THOUGHT"

Returning to a friends house in the valley where I used to live, I looked out at the city below, jammed with humanity and remember with fond memories of places I've worked, ladies I've dated, from restaurants with great foods to burger stands, it all felt like a lifetime ago as I got lost in thought... Yes that is I standing out there. This is an oil on gallery rapped canvas and is a 24x20 inch. For more info email schwartzart@earthlink.net

"AM RADIO"

Not just looking at the reflections but reflecting... Simpler times... the fifties.. No iPods, cell phones, flat screens, up-loads & down-loads.. Simpler times... Now don't get me wrong, "I LOVE MY MAC" In another life I would probably have gone and become a computer geek... But! in this life I paint... So! here is a 30x30 oil on canvas, the hole thing is the painting even the part that looks like a frame. Fun to do, maddening, but fun... This is from my car series. Hope you enjoy my interpretation of reflections..

"FLIYING ABOVE THE WAVES"

This is in Laguna beach and is a 20x24 inch on gallery rapped canvas.  (Sold)

"BLUE"

This 48x40 inch oil 0n canvas was of a trip back form Santa Fe. I was just coming out of Flagstaff on I-17 heading south. As I came over this one hill, the valley below opened up to this view, so I picked my camera up and took one shot and new, "Here's my next painting". (SOLD)

"ADRIFT"

When living in San Luis Obispo, I met this guy who became a good friend and come to find out
a fantastic fisherman... So for two years, practically every weekend we went fishing, his requirement for taking me out on his bass boat was, I did not smoke or drink hard liquor, never had, don't intend to start I told him... With that, my introduction to lake fishing was a magical experence for both my skill and my minds eye. This is one of many viwes in just drifting in silence. Oil on canvas, 32"x28"

"RUMBLINGS" 20"X40"

Taking a road to somewhere, knowing that soon it was going to rain I pulled of to just stop and look at the light on the road I put my window down just in time to see, hear, and feel the rumblings of the train and the distant thunder. Oil on canvas, 40"x20"

"SUNSHINE PARK"

Just traveling thru on my way to see a friend. After reaching the end of conversation and wanting to get back out on the road, I turned to look back and thought, here is my next painting, one photo later and weeks of painting, I feel I captured the mood I was looking for. Oil on canvas, 36"x32" (SOLD)

"EXIT AT ALBUQUERQUE"

One of many a trips to New Mexico and a stop in Albuquerque after a long day of driving.
Oil on canvas 60"x40" (SOLD)

"INTO A BUTTERMILK SKY"

This back road place I found myself has given me some wonderful skies and a feeling that time stopped somewhere in the fifties... Oil on canvas 40"x 40"

"NEXT STOP"

The thunderhead behind this train made a wonderful backdrop for this painting.. I played with the coloring in this giving it a mood of faraway feelings of leaving and going too another place.
Oil on canvas 36"x34" (Sold)

"MY PARADISE"

I painted this on a new canvas that I had not worked on before, it has a very smooth surface and was not sure of it taking the oils like I wanted and needed... When I started at the top, developing the shad in the sky I knew I made the right decision in using this canvas.. The colors glided on making this painting an absolute joy to work on. 64"x20 oil on canvas. (SOLD)