AGRICULTURE
Raising cattle, farming, gardens and vineyards. We’re all living off the land one way or another.
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End of the Rose
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End of the Rose
2019 | Plein Air
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La Tavola
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La Tavola
2019 | Plein Air
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A Pier Then Disappear
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A Pier Then Disappear
2019 | Central California › San Luis Obispo | Plein Air
Ok, let’s circle back to the Italian dairy farms that took root here in 1860's... I painted this small dairy farm building one afternoon from beside an old ranch house where a not-so-Italian* friend of Wade's was living.
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Another not-so-Italian* fellow had long ago purchased this land and set up operations here all the way back in 1867. He first lived in the very ranch house where we were staying** (right behind me as I painted this scene), set in this picturesque valley, and began ov…
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Down by the Bay
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Down by the Bay
2019 | Northern California › Humboldt | Plein Air
It’s not always hard to reach edge-of-the-earth places. My long time goal of painting the entire California coast means that some days I’m just down at the end of the street painting a quick commission for some friends that are moving out of their cozy little home by the bay.
SKU: N/A Categories: 2019, Access Logistics, Acrylic on Canvas, Artwork, Artwork Notes, Artwork Notes | Backstories, Artwork Timeline, Humboldt, Landscapes, Logistics, Medium, Method, Northern California, Painted From my Van, Painted from Roof Platform on Van, Painted With Permission, Parking, Plein Air, Private Property, Questionable or Illegal Parking Required, Subject, The California Coast, Vehicular Logistics Tags: AGRICULTURE, ARCHITECTURE, BARNS, BAYS, BUILDINGS, COMMISSIONED WORK, EVERGREENS, FENCES, GREEN GRASS, HARBORS, OUT OF DARKNESS, PACIFIC COAST HIGHWAY, PULP MILLS, ROADS, SHAPE: HORIZONTAL, SUN GLARE, VIEWS FROM COLLECTORS HOUSES -
Rush Hour Traffic
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Rush Hour Traffic
2019 | Northern California › Humboldt | Plein Air
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Wish You Were Here
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Wish You Were Here
2019 | Southern California › Santa Barbara, The Channel Islands | Plein Air
Those two old barns standing together in this distant outpost reminded me just how much I miss my best friend, my wife, when I’m out wandering around on the edge of the earth. I hope to bring her back here soon. One of the nice things about this region of California’s coastline is that this once private land now is now National Park land, so when you encounter a barbed wire fence standing between you and the view you desire, the only concern is getting around or over said fence, and not whether the owner and their dogs might find you. Also there are no snakes hiding in the grass, which is hard to believe, but true in these parts. Double win. Good things come in pairs.
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Distant California
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Distant California
2019 | Southern California › Santa Barbara, The Channel Islands | Plein Air
It’s not the California coast that most of us are familiar with, but good to know it’s out there. These old barns down at the bottom of this valley are no longer used, the sheep and cattle ranch ceased operations years ago. In some ways its sad to see this era come to a close, a page of history has turned and the story just keeps going forward year after year. Most often we see these pastoral settings replaced by condos and cookie cutter retail outlet centers and that is where the real sadness comes from for me in those situations- the steady march from natural beauty to udder mediocrity. In this case though, for the ranch in this painting, the end of its days brings no such sadness. It is in no danger of being paved over. It is heading the other direction. Even the changes that ranching brought to these hills are slowly being undone. Nature plays a long game, but her strategies are a joy to behold.
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Time Waits for No Man… And Neither Does the Boat
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Time Waits for No Man… And Neither Does the Boat
2018 | Southern California › Santa Barbara, The Channel Islands | Plein Air
I’ve heard it said that “time waits for no man”, well… neither does the boat.
It was a pretty rushed scramble taking on this scene just before the boat was to depart for home. I was half-tempted to “miss the boat” just to stay a bit longer, but thought better of it.
When I started this painting of the entire scene before me, I may have bit off a bit more than I could chew in such a short time and wasn’t able to quite finish this one on location, but a bit of studio work at home from memory and I think it conveys the place pretty well.
They say visiting these shores is like going back in time, to an older California… well, there you have it.
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Moonlit Echoes
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Moonlit Echoes
2018 | Southern California › Santa Barbara, The Channel Islands | Plein Air
5th painting completed today… well sorta today. Technically I only did four during the daylight hours but then snuck this one in the late hours of night beneath a bright full moon.
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The moonlight falling on the crushed gravel paths makes walking these trails at night a beautiful experience. The reflective white surface of the path glowed in comparison to the grass on either side. The old buildings here are relics from the previous era of sheep and cattle ranching- of which the cumulat…
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Pure and Simple
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Pure and Simple
2018 | Central California › San Mateo | Plein Air
One of my favorite things when I'm out on the road (or at home for that matter) is finding a new trail to access a piece of coast I haven’t seen before. I’d seen some new trailheads on a previous trip past this stretch of private agricultural coastal bluffs and made a mental note to return when the opportunity arose. Today it arose because I'd been painting like mad over the last few days and had planned to get get some waves this morning, and as luck would have it the surf was absolutely…
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A Wide Range
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A Wide Range
2018 | Northern California › Marin | Plein Air
The fourth painting completed in one long day spent in solitude, hunting views and painting in one of the most beautiful parts of California I can think of. I’ve driven past this little ranch nestled along a finger of this estuary and always thought it would make a nice painting. The day was fading fast, but I don’t get out this way too often so I made the most of it. From tree lined roads, to quiet beaches, to sweeping rugged vistas, to serene pastoral settings, there truly is a wide range of possibilities to paint out here.
Also, there will always be a moon over Marin.
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Sons and Daughters
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Sons and Daughters
2018 | Northern California › Humboldt | Plein Air
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We’ll Cross that Bridge When We Get to It
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We’ll Cross that Bridge When We Get to It
2017 | Central California › Monterey | Plein Air
Under the authority of a king in Europe, there is land in California, owned and private today, that was divided up and given to friends of the throne. It’s wild to think of the history behind some of the barbed wire we see all over the coast here. I don’t blame anyone. I’d have accepted any land they offered me as well, and to be honest, it’s not hard to imagine what these pristine lands would look like if the gates were open to us all. Pack your trash and leave no trace is truly some…
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Redgate Ranch Afternoon
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Redgate Ranch Afternoon
2016 | Central California › San Mateo | Plein Air
Quick afternoon sketch of the scene here. Gonna get weird with some live art after I finish a burger real quick. Good vibes all around, stoked to be here.
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Grass Fed
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Grass Fed
2016 | Other Studio Work
um… not plein air
Music is like math, where math allows us to see the inner workings of the physical world around us, music allows us to see the inner workings of the non-physical world within us.
What?
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Rey y Reina, Fuego y Agua
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Rey y Reina, Fuego y Agua
2016 | Southern California › Santa Barbara, Ventura | Plein Air
Found another one from the last road trip. Not sure how this wasn’t posted earlier. Painted during the Rey Fire a few weeks ago. Those are its massive plumes in the upper right glowing in the afternoon sun. Huge thanks to those that made this view possible for me. The word I heard was that 4 other painters were denied access here earlier in the day before I came along. To paraphrase an old song, its not that my path was shining, I was walking on outstretched hands. Grateful indeed.
SKU: N/A Categories: 2016, Access Logistics, Acrylic on Canvas, Artwork, Artwork Notes, Artwork Notes | Backstories, Artwork Timeline, Free Range Road Trips, Landscapes, Logistics, Medium, Method, Painted With Permission, Plein Air, Posted: No Trespassing, Private Property, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara/Ventura 2016, Southern California, Subject, The California Coast, Ventura Tags: AGRICULTURE, BUILDINGS, DIRT ROADS, DRY GRASS, FREEWAYS, GATED COMMUNITY, PACIFIC COAST HIGHWAY, PATHS, PETROLEUM, PIERS, POINT BREAKS, RIGHTS, ROADS, SACRED SITES, SHAPE: HORIZONTAL, SMOKE FROM WILDFIRES, SPARKLING WATER, SUN GLARE, VIEWS FROM COLLECTORS HOUSES, VIEWS FROM HIGHER GROUND, WILDFIRES -
The Queen’s Castle
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The Queen’s Castle
2016 | Southern California › Santa Barbara, Ventura | Plein Air
Even though she was royalty
We continued to stare
At the lines
Around
Her blue eyes
And at the
Shape of her
Trembling
Lips
That encircled
Her delicate mouthMeeting her was
Our good fortuneShe showed us grace
And mercy
We did not
EarnLittle did we know then
Just how good
The Queen would be to usOr just how difficult
Fortune can be
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Milk and Honey
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Milk and Honey
2016 | Northern California › Marin | Plein Air
Plein air from a van rocked by gusty winds. I tried to leave this area after the last one, I was beat, dirty, and looking forward to a hot shower and my family's faces once again. But just as I was mentally plotting where I might find the nearest cheeseburger before making the 5 hour drive home, there was a fork in the road. To the left was food and the prospect of being home tonight, to the right was a road that would take me further out on this headland, already an hour's dogleg from highwa…
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Free Range #15: Morning Drive
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Free Range #15: Morning Drive
2015 | Central California › San Mateo | Plein Air
Odometer: 755.7 miles
Our father
Kept us moving
Even though
We stopped a bit too often
To read the signs
And ponder
Their meaningsWhen it was time to move on
We would often
Have to push with all of our mightBarefoot
On the rough pavementOur father
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Out of Eden
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Out of Eden
2015 | Plein Air
Categories: 2-4 Miles, 2015, Access Logistics, Acrylic on Wine Barrel Top, Artwork, Artwork Timeline, Biological Hazards, Had to Sleep in My Van, Hiking, Landscapes, Logistics, Medium, Method, Miles Hiked, Mosquitoes, Mysterious Insect Bites/Stings, Not the California Coast, Painted With Permission, Plein Air, Posted: No Trespassing, Private Property, Somewhere in California (Just not the Coast), Subject, Travel Tags: AGRICULTURE, CALIFORNITALIA, CYPRESS, FENCES, GRAPEVINES, THE FOOD CHAIN, VIEWS FROM COLLECTORS HOUSES, VINEYARDS -
Aqueduct
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Aqueduct
2015 | Plein Air
Every river flows to the sea… except this one. It flows to LA. Drink up southern California.
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Happy Cows
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Happy Cows
2005 | Plein Air
While painting this one from behind a rusty barbwire fence running along the overgrowth by the riverbank, I had an odd thought of what would happen if a cow came charging down the little path I was on. I sorta game-planned how I would step back into a little clearing behind my easel to let it pass, then dismissed the thought as the product of too much coffee working on the ol’ brain. About halfway into the painting I heard some rustling in the brush up a little ways, and sure enough, COWZA! I stepped back as the bovine stomped its way happily down the trail, out to the road, and off down the lane. I went and knocked on what appeared to be the farm house door to let them know of the great escape. They just shrugged and said it happens all the time, them cows are all branded anyway, she’ll be brought back soon enough. OK, back to painting then. Interesting times.
Categories: 2005, Access Logistics, Acrylic on Canvas, Artwork, Artwork Notes, Artwork Notes | Backstories, Artwork Timeline, Biological Hazards, Botanical Hazards, Close Encounters with Running Cows, Geological Hazards, Hiking, Landscapes, Less than 1 Mile, Logistics, Medium, Method, Miles Hiked, Mud and Sludge, Not the California Coast, Painted Without Permission, Plein Air, Posted: No Trespassing, Private Property, Somewhere in California (Just not the Coast), Subject, Thorns and Brambles Tags: AGRICULTURE, ALDERS, BARNS, BLUEBIRD DAYS, BRIGHT MIDDAY SUN, BUILDINGS, CATTLE, COW-DODGING, GREEN GRASS, KEEP OFF THE GRASS, THE FOOD CHAIN, TREES, WORKING CATTLE RANCHES -
Apples & Honeymoons
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Apples & Honeymoons
2001 | Plein Air
Categories: 2001, Access Logistics, Acrylic on Canvas, Artwork, Artwork Timeline, Biological Hazards, Fence or Gate Hopping Required, Had to Sleep in My Van, Hiking, Landscapes, Less than 1 Mile, Logistics, Maybe Oregon, Medium, Method, Miles Hiked, Mosquitoes, Not the California Coast, Paid Park Entrance Required, Parking, Plein Air, Posted: No Trespassing, Subject, Threatening to Rain, Travel, Weather Tags: AGRICULTURE, BARNS, BUILDINGS, FENCES, OVERCAST, THROUGH THE TREES, TREES
