18″ x 24″ oil on linen panel
While painting a Santa Cruz Harbor scene, I was charmed by this procession of student sailors which. I used the plein air painting I did that day as a study for this studio painting.
Exhibited …
2026 – California Art Club, American Tapestry Juried Painting Show
2025 – Harrington Gallery, Pleasanton Art Center, Fresh Works Show
11″ x 14″ (sold)
I painted this from the Bird Island Trail in Point Lobos on a foggy summer morning. My initial idea for the piece was to lean into the layers of fog before they dissolved into sunshine and I sure enjoyed the pelican traffic as I was painting this.
16″ x 20″ (sold)
Point Lobos is amongst the most beautiful places on earth. It’s full of happy memories for me and it’s those feelings I leaned into as I was painting this in my studio using photos and plein air oil sketches as references.
12″ x 9″ (sold)
This piece is all about the warm reflections in the water at dusk in Sausalito.
12″ x 12″ oil on panel
The stretch between Half Moon Bay and Santa Cruz is sometimes called the “Slow Coast.” It’s a wonderful area to spend a day painting. In this view I am looking down on a stretch of beach as the waves gently roll in.
11″ x 14″ oil on linen panel
This view of the convergence of ocean and coast brings us to Spanish Bay in Pebble Beach. As a painter it’s so fun painting the mix of colors and shapes of our coastal shallows.
8″ x 10″ oil on linen panel
In this painting I turn my attention to the early summer wildflowers in the foreground.
8″ x 10″ oil on linen panel
In this plein air painting, I was striving to catch the glow that happens inside the arch on winter mornings and I was thinking a lot about the color of the sand as well. The surfers stayed in the scene for quite some time before it occurred to me to include them.
8″ x 6″ (sold)
In this piece, I’m capturing a cypress as it clings to the absolute edge a cliff at Fitzgerald Marine Reserve. This is a magical area just north of Half Moon Bay with amazing coastal vistas, a moody cypress forest, tide-pools and a beach where seals hang out and pups are born.
12″ x 24″ oil (sold)
Summer evenings offer no assurance of warmth on San Francisco Bay which is often overcast and cold this time of year. In this piece I’ve captured the San Francisco Sea Scouts out sailing on a balmy evening near Alcatraz.
Exhibited –
2024 – Salon Show, Triton Museum of Art
