Whaler's Cove in Point Lobos, 10 x 10 inches, oil.

This lovely day had a strange natural history event in it. This lovely water was filled with 5 inch wide jellyfish--many schools of them.

Yay! Barak Obama!

Happy Inauguration Day!

Carmel Beach

Cypress on Carmel Beach, 12 x 16 inches, oil.

Here is a plein air sketch in impressionist brushwork from a lovely day on Carmel Beach last week. I will repost it soon, with before and after pictures--I have been working on it in the studio.

Delta Morning

Delta Morning, 20 x 20 inches, oil.

Here is even more impressionism for my readers. I am still working on infusing my painting with impressionist shimmer.

Pastel sketch of Maggie

Sketch of Maggie, about 12 x 16 inches, pastel.

Some friends and I are sharing the cost of a model about twice/month--this is a sketch that I thought was very nice and even though unfinished captured the sense of the person very well.

In the Marshes

In the Marshes, 18 x 18 inches, pastel.

This painting is an enlargement of a small 5 x 5 oil painting I did a month or two ago. You can see that I am using the speckled technique that I have been intrigued with lately. I like the little flecks of color scattered judiciously over the surface, but worry that I am overdoing it. The foreground of the painting is still unresolved...I am going to leave it up on the wall for a while. Usually a solution suggests itself to me after a few days of gestation.

Painting of Jen

Jen, 10 x 10 inches, oil.

Maggie

Maggie, 10 x 10 inches, oil.

Temple Sunset, 11 x 16 inches, pastel.

This painting is a study for a larger commission I might be doing soon. The photo of the painting contains some glare caught in the paint--I shall have to re-photograph it before I email it off to the patroness!

Persimmons

Persimmons, 10 x 10 inches, oil.