Lemon and teabag

5" x 8" watercolour on 4-ply plate Bristol

Plein air sketch - Bette Davis Park

I wasn't able to paint last weekend - here is an older sketch I did close to Disney Studios...  

8"x10" oil on canvas panel

Pomegranates

8" x 10" oil on linen panel

Happy New Year everybody! I continue with my series of still lifes. I find that painting these as opposed to plein air landscapes really works with my schedule and family life. I'm able to set up somewhere in the house instead of going off into the garage studio to paint. I'm isolated enough from my family as it is. I usually throw down a piece of black velvet which absorbs much of the light and makes for a nice value contrast.

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I even pulled out the quinacridone red for this one. It worked nicely for some of the cooler reds.

Lemon Meringue Pie

14" x 11" oil on linen panel

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Pacific Grove - Thanksgiving week 2009

10" x 8" oil on linen panel

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-So much to be thankful for...
I find painting helps me to more deeply
enjoy the beauty found in nature.

I'm going to sneak back in here and act like I hadn't posted in over a year! Here's a sketch I did during Thanksgiving week. Thankfully, the weather was gorgeous for the couple of days we were in Monterey.

Lover's Point - Pacific Grove, CA

10" x 8" oil on linen panel

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Reclining figure study

I painted this a couple of weeks ago with our small but faithful figure painting group here at Disney.

11" x 14" oil on linen (detail)

Here is a recent sketch from life.

10" x 8" oil on linen

Dog's are good... at least Charlie is.

Oil on linen 8" x 10"