CHURCHES
Give to Caesar what is Caesar’s, but give to God what is God’s.
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La Novena
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La Novena
2020 | Southern California › Ventura | Plein Air
SKU: N/A Categories: 2020, Acrylic on Canvas, Anthropological Hazards, Artwork, Artwork Timeline, Biological Hazards, Crowds with Lots of Questions, Free Range Road Trips, Had to Sleep in My Van, Hiking, Hiking Terrain, Landscapes, Less than 1 Mile, Logistics, Medium, Method, Miles Hiked, Painted in Full Sun with no Shade, Painted in Public During a Global Pandemic, People Drinking, Plein Air, Pounding Pavement, Sketchy Human Interactions, Southern California, Southern California Catalina Ventura San Diego Orange County Van Smashed Could Have Died With My Wife in Gnarly Car Wreck at Rincon Point 2020, Subject, The California Coast, Travel, Ventura, Weather Tags: AFTERNOON LIGHT, AQUEDUCTS, BUILDINGS, CHURCHES, CITIES AND TOWNS, COMMISSIONED WORK, FLAGS AND WEATHER VANES, MISSIONS OF CALIFORNIA, NORFOLK PINES THAT WERE PLANTED IN ORDER TO USE FOR MASTS FOR SAILING SHIPS, PEOPLE, SHAPE: HORIZONTAL, STREETS, TREES -
The City by the Bay
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The City by the Bay
2019 | Plein Air
SKU: N/A Categories: 1-2 Miles, 2019, Access Logistics, Acrylic on Canvas, Anthropological Hazards, Artwork, Artwork Timeline, Awkward Footing on Uneven Terrain, Biological Hazards, Botanical Hazards, Cooking Hot, Drop Off Required, Extra Vehicular Assistance Needed, Fence or Gate Hopping Required, Free Range Road Trips, Geological Hazards, Hiking, Hiking Terrain, Human Waste, Trash, and Debris, Hungry Parking Meters, International Travel Hauling Art Gear Through TSA Checkpoints, Italy, Italy 2019, Landscapes, Language Barrier, Logistics, Medium, Method, Miles Hiked, Not the California Coast, Painted in Full Sun with no Shade, Painted Without Permission, Parking, Plein Air, Pounding Pavement, Private Property, Subject, Temperature, Thorns and Brambles, Travel, Vehicular Logistics, Weather Tags: ANCIENT RUINS, ARCHES, ARCHITECTURE, BAYS, BOATS, BUILDINGS, CALIFORNITALIA, CASTLES, CHURCHES, CITIES AND TOWNS, DOCKS, HARBORS, LOOKING BACK TOWARD LAND, MARINAS, PLACES THAT WERE BOMBED IN WW2, REAL CASTLES, RETAINING WALLS, ROADS, ROMAN CONCRETE, SAILBOATS, SHAPE: HORIZONTAL, STONEWORK, WALLS -
Solitaire
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Solitaire
2019 | Plein Air
SKU: N/A Categories: 2-4 Miles, 2019, Acrylic on Canvas, Anthropological Hazards, Artwork, Artwork Timeline, Biological Hazards, Crowds with Lots of Questions, Free Range Road Trips, Hiking, Hiking Terrain, International Travel Hauling Art Gear Through TSA Checkpoints, Italy, Italy 2019, Landscapes, Language Barrier, Logistics, Medium, Method, Miles Hiked, Mosquitoes, Not the California Coast, Plein Air, Pounding Pavement, Subject, Temperature, Travel, Uncomfortably Warm Tags: ANCIENT RUINS, ARCHITECTURE, BAYS, BEACH BREAKS, BUILDINGS, CALIFORNITALIA, CHURCHES, CITIES AND TOWNS, DRY GRASS, EVERGREENS, ITALIAN PINES, LOOKING BACK TOWARD LAND, LOOKING DOWN FROM STEEP CLIFFS, MORNING LIGHT, PERSONAL FAVORITES, RETAINING WALLS, ROADS, ROMAN CONCRETE, SACRED SITES, SANDY BEACHES, SHAPE: HORIZONTAL, SINGING BADLY WHILE PAINTING, STONEWORK, TREES, UMBRELLAS, VIEWS FROM HIGHER GROUND, WALLS -
Drink the Chicken
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Drink the Chicken
2019 | Plein Air
SKU: N/A Categories: 2019, Acrylic on Canvas, Anthropological Hazards, Artwork, Artwork Timeline, Biological Hazards, Crowds with Lots of Questions, Food/Drink Delivered and Consumed While Painting, Free Range Road Trips, Hiking, Hiking Terrain, International Travel Hauling Art Gear Through TSA Checkpoints, Italy, Italy 2019, Landscapes, Language Barrier, Less than 1 Mile, Logistics, Medium, Method, Miles Hiked, Not the California Coast, Plein Air, Pounding Pavement, Subject, Temperature, Travel, Uncomfortably Warm Tags: ARCHES, ARCHITECTURE, BACK ALLEYS, BUILDINGS, CALIFORNITALIA, CHURCHES, GEOMETRY, PLACES THAT WERE BOMBED IN WW2, ROADS, SHAPE: VERTICAL, STONEWORK, STREETS, THE BEST LASAGNA IN THE WORLD, THE CROSS -
The Father, the Son, and a Very Still Wind
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The Father, the Son, and a Very Still Wind
2019 | Plein Air
SKU: N/A Categories: 2019, Acrylic on Canvas, Anthropological Hazards, Artwork, Artwork Timeline, Free Range Road Trips, Hiking, Hiking Terrain, International Travel Hauling Art Gear Through TSA Checkpoints, Italy, Italy 2019, Landscapes, Language Barrier, Less than 1 Mile, Logistics, Medium, Method, Miles Hiked, Not the California Coast, Plein Air, Pounding Pavement, Subject, Temperature, Travel, Uncomfortably Warm Tags: ANCIENT RUINS, ARCHES, ARCHITECTURE, ARCING CLOUDS, BAYS, BOATS, BUILDINGS, CALIFORNITALIA, CHURCHES, DOCKS, FISHING, FLAGS AND WEATHER VANES, GOTHIC ARCHES, HARBORS, LOOKING BACK TOWARD LAND, MARINAS, MORNING LIGHT, PEOPLE, PLACES THAT WERE BOMBED IN WW2, ROMAN CONCRETE, SAILBOATS, SHAPE: HORIZONTAL, STEPS AND STAIRWAYS, THE CROSS -
Deep Calls to Deep
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Deep Calls to Deep
2019 | Plein Air
“The only people for me are the mad ones: the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who... burn, burn, burn like fabulous yellow Roman candles.” ⠀
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-Jack Kerouac, American Poet and Novelist (1922-1969)⠀
Printed and taped on my father’s fridge by my sister (1968-2014)⠀
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Ok, hold on tight... ⠀
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Enter Tom Curren, stage right, guitar in hand, gliding across an old Persian rug on roller skates.…
SKU: N/A Categories: 2019, Acrylic on Canvas, Anthropological Hazards, Artwork, Artwork Notes, Artwork Notes | Backstories, Artwork Timeline, Biological Hazards, Crowds with Lots of Questions, Food/Drink Delivered and Consumed While Painting, Free Range Road Trips, Hiking Terrain, Hungry Parking Meters, International Travel Hauling Art Gear Through TSA Checkpoints, Italy, Italy 2019, Landscapes, Language Barrier, Less than 1 Mile, Logistics, Medium, Method, Miles Hiked, Not the California Coast, Other Painters, Painted in Full Sun with no Shade, Parking, Plein Air, Pounding Pavement, Subject, Temperature, Travel, Uncomfortably Warm, Weather Tags: ARCHES, ARCHITECTURE, BACK ALLEYS, BIRDS, BUILDINGS, CALIFORNITALIA, CHURCHES, FREE BEER, GEOMETRY, GRAFFITI, MURALS, PAINTINGS OF MURALS THAT CHRIS DEL MORO ORIGINALLY PAINTED, READ KEROUAC, RESPECT, SALVATION, SHAPE: VERTICAL, STONEWORK, STREETS, THE CROSS, THE OTHER PAINTER BOUGHT ME LUNCH OR AT LEAST A BEER THOUGH, WALLS, WHALES, WORDS -
For Those with Ears to Hear
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For Those with Ears to Hear
2019 | Central California › San Luis Obispo | Studio Landscapes
This piece gets personal for me. It's a prominent headland on a stretch of California's coast that always reminds me of my grandparents who moved somewhere behind those mountains on the right when I was about 10 years old. We'd go visit them occasionally, always bummed that they didn't have a TV or "anything to do". We always thought it would be so boring. Looking back, those times with my brother, sister, and cousins where some of the best times I can remember from my childhood. I don't reme…
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SKU: N/A Categories: 2019, Acrylic on Canvas, Artwork, Artwork Notes, Artwork Notes | Backstories, Artwork Timeline, Central California, Landscapes, Medium, Method, San Luis Obispo, Studio Landscapes, Subject, The California Coast Tags: AERIAL VIEWS, AFTERNOON LIGHT, BAYS, BENDING LINES OF SWELL, BUILDINGS, CASTLES, CHURCHES, COAST CHAPARRAL, COMMISSIONED WORK, EVERGREENS, GOLDEN LIGHT, GREEN GRASS, ICEPLANT, KELP BEDS, LOOKING BACK TOWARD LAND, MEMORIALS AND TRIBUTES, OAKS, ON THE ROCKS, PATHS, PERSONAL FAVORITES, PIERS, POINT BREAKS, RIGHTS, ROCKS, SACRED SITES, SEA ARCHES, SHAPE: HORIZONTAL, SHAPE: VERY HORIZONTAL, SPARKLING WATER, SUBMERGED ROCKS, SUCCULENTS, TRAILS, VIEWS FROM THE WATER, WAVES, WHALES -
To God the Best and the Greatest
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To God the Best and the Greatest
2019 | Southern California › Santa Barbara, The Channel Islands | Plein Air
SKU: N/A Categories: 2-4 Miles, 2019, Access Logistics, Acrylic on Canvas, Anthropological Hazards, Artwork, Artwork Timeline, Boat Required for Access, Deep Creek or River Crossing, Extra Vehicular Assistance Needed, Free Range Road Trips, Geological Hazards, Hiking, Hiking Terrain, Landscapes, Logistics, Medium, Method, Miles Hiked, Painted in the Dark, Painted Without Permission, Plein Air, Posted: No Trespassing, Private Property, Ride on Truck/Quad/Off-Road Vehicle Required for Access, Santa Barbara, Southern California, Subject, Temperature, The California Coast, The Channel Islands, The Island of Bearded People - 2019, Uncomfortably Cool, Vehicular Logistics Tags: ARCHES, ARCHITECTURE, CALIFORNITALIA, CHURCHES, DARK AND MOODY, EVASIVE MANEUVERS, FREE FOOD, GATED COMMUNITY, GOTHIC ARCHES, MOONLIGHT, NIGHT SCENES, NO HEADLAMP, PAINTED QUICKLY FOR FEAR OF GETTING CAUGHT, RESPECT, SALVATION, SHAPE: HORIZONTAL, THE CROSS -
Simon Says
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Simon Says
2019 | Central California › San Luis Obispo | Plein Air
SKU: N/A Categories: 2-4 Miles, 2019, Access Logistics, Acrylic on Canvas, Artwork, Artwork Timeline, Biological Hazards, Botanical Hazards, Central California, Free Range Road Trips, Had to Sleep in My Van, High Grass- Tick Country!, Hiking, Hiking Terrain, Landscapes, Logistics, March 2019, Medium, Method, Miles Hiked, Paid Park Entrance Required, Painted in Full Sun with no Shade, Parking, Plein Air, San Luis Obispo, Sneaky Public Access Easement, Some Poison Oak Observed, Subject, The California Coast, Travel, Trudging Through Soft Sand, Weather Tags: BAYS, BENDING LINES OF SWELL, BUILDINGS, CASTLES, CHURCHES, COAST CHAPARRAL, CYPRESS, EUCALYPTUS, EVERGREENS, GREEN GRASS, ICEPLANT, LOOKING BACK TOWARD LAND, MORNING LIGHT, OAKS, PATHS, PIERS, RIGHTS, SHAPE: HORIZONTAL, SHAPE: VERY HORIZONTAL, SPARKLING WATER, SUCCULENTS, TRAILS, WHALE WATCHING -
The Beach
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The Beach
2017 | Central California › San Francisco | Plein Air
SKU: N/A Categories: 1-2 Miles, 2017, Acrylic on Canvas, Anthropological Hazards, Artwork, Artwork Timeline, Biological Hazards, Central California, Free Range Road Trips, Hiking, Human Waste, Trash, and Debris, Landscapes, Logistics, Medium, Method, Miles Hiked, Painted in Full Sun with no Shade, Parking, Plein Air, Questionable or Illegal Parking Required, San Francisco, SF/San Mateo 2017, Sketchy Human Interactions, Subject, Temperature, The California Coast, Uncomfortably Warm, Weather Tags: BEACH HOUSES, BUILDINGS, CHURCHES, CITIES AND TOWNS, COAST CHAPARRAL, CREEPY MEN LURKING, CYPRESS, EVERGREENS, PARKING LOTS, PATHS, ROADS, SANDY BEACHES, SHAPE: HORIZONTAL, SHAPE: VERY HORIZONTAL, STREETS, TREES, VIEWS FROM HIGHER GROUND -
We All Stand Alone
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We All Stand Alone
2017 | Northern California › Mendocino | Plein Air
4th day on the road, 12th painting completed, 3rd one this day
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I came around a bend on the winding highway 1 a bit south of here today and a large RV was heading toward me in the oncoming lane. It wasn’t swerving or dangerous, we were both moving slowly and within our respective lanes. What stood out was the clear view I had of the driver of the vehicle. She looked just like my sister who we lost to cancer several years ago.
It was a head on collision.
I’m not one to …
SKU: N/A Categories: 2017, Access Logistics, Acrylic on Canvas, Artwork, Artwork Notes, Artwork Notes | Backstories, Artwork Timeline, Biological Hazards, Botanical Hazards, Free Range Road Trips, High Grass- Tick Country!, Hiking, Landscapes, Less than 1 Mile, Logistics, Medium, Mendocino, Mendocino/Sonoma 2017, Method, Miles Hiked, Northern California, Painted in Full Sun with no Shade, Plein Air, Sneaky Public Access Easement, Some Poison Oak Observed, Subject, The California Coast, The Greatest Collector Ever, Weather Tags: BUILDINGS, CHURCHES, EVERGREENS, LOOKING BACK TOWARD LAND, PEOPLE, POCKET BEACHES, RIVERMOUTHS, RIVERS, SANDBARS, SHAPE: SQUARE -
The Jewel VIII: Thursday Afternoon
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The Jewel VIII: Thursday Afternoon
2014 | Plein Air
SKU: N/A Categories: 2014, Acrylic on Canvas, Artwork, Artwork Timeline, Biological Hazards, Food/Drink Delivered and Consumed While Painting, Free Range Road Trips, Landscapes, Logistics, Medium, Method, Not the California Coast, Plein Air, Somewhere in California (Just not the Coast), Subject, The Jewell 2014 Tags: AFTERNOON LIGHT, ARCHES, ARCHITECTURE, BUILDINGS, CALIFORNITALIA, CHURCHES, COMMISSIONED WORK, GEOMETRY, GOTHIC ARCHES, GREEN GRASS, KEEP OFF THE GRASS, PALM TREES, SHAPE: SQUARE, STEPS AND STAIRWAYS, THE CROSS -
House of Prayer
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House of Prayer
2010 | Southern California › Orange County, San Diego | Studio Landscapes
These trembling walls dance
With their Maker’s invisible spirit
As we wage war on tomorrow’s pastVictory was better an hour ago
And defeat is a low-tideRising
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SKU: N/A Categories: 2010, Acrylic on Canvas, Artwork, Artwork Notes, Artwork Timeline, Landscapes, Medium, Method, Orange County, Poems, San Diego, Southern California, Studio Landscapes, Subject, The California Coast Tags: AFTERNOON LIGHT, ARCING CLOUDS, BENDING LINES OF SWELL, BUILDINGS, CHURCHES, ESTUARIES AND WETLANDS, FLOWING INTO THE SEA, FUNK AND SPLATTER, LAGOONS, LOOKING BACK TOWARD LAND, MILITARILY SPEAKING, NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS, PALM TREES, PERSONAL FAVORITES, POINT BREAKS, POWER PLANTS, RAILROAD TRACKS, RIGHTS, RIVERMOUTHS, RIVERS AND STREAMS, SAND DUNES, SHAPE: HORIZONTAL, SHAPE: VERY HORIZONTAL
