CAC "Summer Impressions" includes "Lily Pond"

Lily Pond 9 x 12 Watercolor on paper $850

Summer Impressions
California Art Club Gallery at the Old Mill
San Marino CA

Reception May 23 5:30 to 7:30
5/21 to 9/28

3rd Annual Waterworks Exhibit at Laguna Plein Air Painters Association

Lupine of the Storm 14 x 18 plein air watercolor

"Lupine of the Storm" is part of  the 3rd Annual Waterworks exhibit in Laguna Beach at the Forest and Ocean Gallery.
May 6 to 20
Reception May 11 5 to 7
480 Ocean Ave
Laguna Beach Ca

Annual Juried Exhibit Front Porch Gallery,Carlsbad Opens April 28th

Above Black's Beach 12 x 12 $1250

Exhibition Details:

Annual Juried Exhibit
Opening April 28th
12 to 2 pm

4/28 to 6/15

open W to F 12 - 6
S S 11 - 5

2903 Carlsbad Blvd

Juried by Nancy Hills

Superbloom 2019: Series from the California desert and Walker Canyon

Desert Garden 16 x 21

Lupine of the Storm 14 x 18

Coachella Valley Verbena 11 x 14

The Hills Are Alive 16 x 20

March was a wonderful month for plein air painting in the desert.
 Incredible first spring here in Southern California.
The first three were all painted with a mile of each other in Coachella Valley. The fourth is Walker Canyon.

108th California Art Club Annual Gold Medal Exhibition includes two of my Paintings

Winter White 16 x 20

Above Batiquitos 9 x 12

The Gold Medal Exhibition takes place March 3 to March 29 at 490 E Union St Pasadena

This is my ninth consecutive time in the Gold Medal Exhibition!

The California Art Club’s signature exhibition of contemporary-traditional fine art spotlights more than 300 sculptures and paintings of genres ranging from landscapes and seascapes to figures and still lifes. The exhibiting artists include nationally renowned representational artists who have been active in expanding interest in the California Impressionist heritage associated with the organization’s founding in 1909. While the artists employ time-honored fine art techniques, their featured works in this un-themed exhibition seek to innovate with modern messages that address societal issues from diversity to the environment.

In presenting the 108th Annual Gold Medal Exhibition at the location of the former Pasadena Museum of California Art (PMCA), the California Art Club returns to the venue that previously presented eight installments of its signature event – including the historic 100th Annual Gold Medal Exhibition.

NWS /Oceanside Museum of Art Exhibition through April 21st

Santa Monica Mountains 14 x 21 is on exhibit now until April 21st at the Oceanside Museum of Art exhibit of the National Watercolor Society: Southern California Inspirations. Past and Present

This Exhibition will also include several curated works from past SoCal-based NWS members: Art Riley, Barse Miller, Emil Kosa Jr., Hardy Gramatky, Jade Fon, James Green, Jake Lee, James Patrick, Marion Wachtel, Milford Zornes, Millard Sheets, Phil Dike, Phil Paradise, Ralph Hulett, Rex Brandt, Robert E. Wood.

The mountains in Southern California are younger and more angular than in Northern California where I  have painted in the past. 

The geometry of the rocks contrasts with the vegetation in a way that is very beautiful to me.

 I often think of fabric as I paint these patterned places. 

For More Information :

https://oma-online.org/watercolor2018/

And for a wonderful preview of the exhibit (but it has to be seen in person!)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zPUjW5UF26Q