6″ x 8″ oil on linen panel
October 1 and I was up with the sun the morning to paint at Shoreline Park in Mountain View. It’s close and I’ve painted there many times. This was my first oil painting there though. I love the plein air painting experience. The moment by moment shifting light and the urgency to get on with it.
16″ x 20″ watercolor
Shoreline Park has given me countless happy afternoons and has been a recurring site for paintings. This time, I was struck by loving tone of this dad as he was giving his very young children instructions in sailing. He was telling them when to switch their weight to the other side of the boat and what to notice about the wind in the sail. I’m thinking this day will stay with those kids as a happy afternoon with dad.
This painting was recognized with an award at the Santa Clara Valley Watercolor Association Annual Member Show. The painting is for sale and on view through May 1, 2018 at the Addison-Penzak Jewish Community Center in Los Gatos.
11″ x 14″ watercolor
The wharf and cannery building in Princeton-by-the-Sea is a lovely mess in a very scenic Half Moon Bay spot. This summer afternoon watercolor captures active sanderlings feeding along a shore with gently lapping waves. The old Romeo Pier is in the Pillar Point Harbor Harbor area in a spot that is terrific for a coastside walk.
This painting was part of a Los Gatos Art Association show in 2016.
11″ x 14″ (private collection)
In this watercolor I am trying to catch vibration created by late afternoon light on the young cottonwood on the bank of the Merced River in Yosemite Valley.
