Slopes of Ceanothus

Slopes of Ceanothus , 12 x 12,  plein air watercolor.
 

Mesa of Many Colors

 

Mesa of Many Colors just finished this afternoon

15x 21 watercolor

This is the Mesa behind my house in North Coastal San Diego county.

The greens and their  complements of copper and rose inspired me to paint this. The colors glow under the May Grey sky.

Evening Breakers

 Evening Breakers. I tried to depict the light carving the forms of  the waves in this seascape from Malibu.

Watercolor on paper 8 x 16 .

COAL 71st Fine Art Open

“Painted Mountain “ Selected for 71st Fine Art Open Show at the Carlsbad Oceanside Art league. 

Opening Sunday August 13 at 3 pm

Gallery Info:

300 Carlsbad Village Drive Suite 101

Open Sun to Thurs 11-5, Fri Sat 9-8

 

3rd Place Award at Paint San Clemente 2023

 

Thank you to the San Clemente Art Association, volunteers, and judges for the third place award at the Gala last night for "Top of the Ridge". The Plein Air Exhibit is on display at the San Clemente Art Association until July 21st and I highly recommend it, 100 plus great examples of plein air paintings of a beautiful area.

Paint San Clemente 2023

 First two for Paint San Clemente 

Ebb Tide , San Onofre 8 x 16

Top of the Ridge 9 x 12

Plein Air Awards / Reception 

Saturday June 24 6 to 830 pm

Community Center , San Clemente

The Sands Of Silence

All this May Gray June Gloom has put me in a Giorgio Morandi mood. I love the title. Those of us of a certain age know where it’s from. 12 x 16 watercolor on paper studio painting from  a photo I took  in  Borrego Springs. “ The Sands of Silence”
 

Lpapa Less is More Exhibit

 The exhibit runs from July 6 to July 31st at the Lpapa gallery in Laguna Beach. More details at Lpapa.org

Plein Air Watercolor from Dana Point

 12 x 12 watercolor painted in Lantern Bay park overlooking Doheny Beach

Carmel Plein Air Art Festival Award Record

From 2006 to 2017 I was fortunate to earn 5 awards in the Carmel Art Festival. The last two awards  in 2015 and 2017 were for Best Watercolor from Ken Auster and Mian Situ, the rest were honorable mentions.
 

At Lake Calavera in 7th Lpapa Waterworks Exhibit

 At Lake Calavera 12 x 16 Plein air watercolor will be on exhibit online and at the Lpapa gallery in Laguna Beach. 

The vegetation on this hill got so lush and beautiful with all the rain we had last winter. It was a pleasure to be able to wax this one , the process seemed to make the colors richer.

Into the Wild

" Into the Wild” 21.5 x21.5

Studio Watercolor 

Some small paintings

 I have been trying some new subjects in a small 8 x 8 size. “A Quadrillion Stars over Borrego “ is the one I am happiest with. 

Painted Mountain accepted to 53rd CWA National

 Painted Mountain 18 x 24 

Congratulations!

"Painted Mountain" has been accepted into the 53rd Annual National Exhibition of the California Watercolor Association.

Gary Tucker has selected 85 paintings to be exhibited at the Harrington Gallery in Pleasanton. There were many fine paintings submitted, and he told us how difficult his decisions were to select 85 from the 370 submissions that we received.

Monumental Miniatures 2022. California Art Club Exhibition

“ Rising” Plein air watercolor will be on exhibit at the California Art Club Gallery at the Old Mill from September 29 to January 22 2023. 

One of just 54 highly curated images I am pleased to have this painting of Font’s Point in the exhibit. A lesser known part of California history, Font’s Point was on the route discovering a link from the Spanish settlements in Arizona to the ones in California. 

“Rising “ was an afternoon painting where I felt heat rising off the land . It was painted during the Borrego Springs Plein Air Invitational.

70th Annual Open Show COAL

 

Font’s Point Plein air watercolor 

Torrey Pines Marsh Plein air watercolor

The Carlsbad Oceanside Art League will exhibit two works from August 7 to Sept 4.

300 Carlsbad Village Drive 

More info at northcoastartgallery.com

Carlsbad Flower Fields Series

 As the Flower Fields wind down their season, thought I would share this years crop. I am still working on balanceing abstraction with the subject and making paintings that communicate how I feel about these geometric block of saturated color. Still enthralled with the work of Carmen Herrara.

13th Annual Signature American Watercolor Exhibit in Fallbrook

Horizon Gray  11 x 14 watercolor on paper

Juried by Charles H Rouse. This exhibit has 120 watercolors by painters who have achieved Signature Status in a least one leading Watercolor Society.

Feb 12 to April 10 at the Fallbrook Art Center, 103 S Main St Fallbrook CA

Best Watercolor in Plein Air Salon Competition from CW Mundy!

 I am honored and thrilled that “Spring Song of Malibu” was awarded best watercolor in the December 2021 Plein Air Salon Contest for Plein Air Magazine. I admire C w Mundy as an artist very much, which is why I entered this months contest.

There is a certain logic behind this entry. The last timeI won an award , Michael Zakian was the judge. I entered then because I admired his skills and judgement as a curator and art historian. It takes a combination of a judge I feel strongly about and a painting I feel is an original statement  that I hope will be appreciated and understood. This was painted for the on location in Malibu exhibit at Pepperdine University where Micheal Zakian was Curator.

12th Signature American Watermedia International Exhibition

 “Land of Making Salt” 14 x 14  at The Fallbrook Art Center