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I painted this in the Arcata Redwood Forest which is right next to Cal Poly, Humboldt. In my painting I was trying to observe how much of the light was filtering into the scene.

I painted this at Table Bluff Park which is located in the southern part of Humboldt County. I enjoyed thinking about the twists and turns of life shown in this single tree.

I was struck by the way these two large cypress trees have grown in sympathy with each other and the way they stand watch over grassy bluff and ocean beyond.

I painted this on a very foggy morning at Moonstone Beach Park in the Westhaven part of Humboldt County. I enjoyed observing the shifts in the colors that came with the distance in the fog and while trying to catch the hint of a clearing sky.

This diptych was painted on site in Yosemite as part of a project to create 50 small Yosemite paintings. The Rostrum is well known by climbers for dramatic 800′ rise. This piece consists of two panels (lower) and (upper).

GPS: 37.722645, -119.712723

The thing I most wanted to paint on this trip was branches of blooming dogwood in Yosemite and I got my wish. I found these dogwoods blooming next to Tenaya Creek on the lower creekside trail on the way to Mirror Lake. My painting spot was uncomfortably rocky and still I was in heaven.

In this piece, I was drawn to the gentleness of this creek on a perfect spring morning.

One of my goals for this painting trip was to take in the fresh green essence of spring in California. In this piece, I was sitting under an oak tree enjoying the change grass colors. It was a pleasure to observe the variations related to sunlit area vs. the shaded foreground as well as the impact of distance.

I painted this on the bank of Mariposa Creek in spring. The area was thoughtfully sprinkled with lovely wildflowers all of which were California natives.

While I went to a small ranch with a painting group thinking I would be painting horses or goats, it was the blooming prickly pear cactus that captivated me. It was interesting to see the stages of these cactus blooms … bright tangerine orange new blooms fading to light pinks as they ebbed and ending in the development of dark magenta-brown fruit.