FLAGS AND WEATHER VANES
Did you know the word “vane” comes from the Old English word for “flag”? If we ever start a new country lets make our flag just a rusty metal shark instead. We would rule.
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End of Trail
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End of Trail
2021 | Northern California › Mendocino | Plein Air
After finishing the previous painting, I ventured further on to explore this coast trail to its logical end. I found it here. The sign told me so. The ribbons and trinkets tied to the barbed wire fence spoke of the prayers of others who’ve walked this lonely path. And I thought to myself, “that makes sense… that’s what people do at The End.” The next day I returned with my family to share this beauty with them. It wasn’t so lonely when they were there with me. I didn’t think so much about Prayers or The End, instead we just sat and watched the whale spouts dancing like ghosts on the horizon.
SKU: N/A Categories: 2-4 Miles, 2021, Access Logistics, Acrylic on Canvas, Artwork, Artwork Notes, Artwork Notes | Backstories, Artwork Timeline, Biological Hazards, Botanical Hazards, Geological Hazards, High Grass- Tick Country!, Hiking, Landscapes, Logistics, Medium, Mendocino, Method, Miles Hiked, Northern California, Painted in Full Sun with no Shade, Painted in Heavy Winds, Plein Air, Sneaky Public Access Easement, Some Poison Oak Observed, Steep or Unstable Cliffs, Subject, The California Coast, The Greatest Collector Ever, Weather Tags: AFTERNOON LIGHT, BARBED WIRE, COAST CHAPARRAL, EVERGREENS, FENCES, FLAGS AND WEATHER VANES, GREEN GRASS, LEFTS, LOOKING DOWN FROM STEEP CLIFFS, PATHS, SHAPE: HORIZONTAL, STEEP CLIFF FACES, TRAILS, WEATHERED ROCK/SANDSTONE, WORDS -
Right Before Breakfast
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Right Before Breakfast
2020 | Northern California › Humboldt | Plein Air
I’m not a “morning” person, I am however a “whatever-magic-is-in-the-light-in-this-particular-place-right-now” person so it worked itself out. Just the sight of these deer grazing along a beachside meadow beneath a rising sun aroused these dry bones from the body bag and back to life. It was such a moving scene, I was surprised whole whales weren’t emerging from the scattered bones buried in the sand as well. They didn’t though. Whales are heavy sleepers.
SKU: N/A Categories: 2020, Accessed by Small Airplane, Acrylic on Canvas, Anthropological Hazards, Artwork, Artwork Notes, Artwork Notes | Backstories, Artwork Timeline, Backpacking with Too Much Gear, Bears on the Beach!, Biological Hazards, Botanical Hazards, Drop Off Required, Extra Vehicular Assistance Needed, Hiking, Hiking Terrain, Humboldt, Landscapes, Less than 1 Mile, Logistics, Medium, Method, Miles Hiked, Northern California, Painted in Full Sun with no Shade, Plein Air, Some Poison Oak Observed, Subject, Surfers Are The Worst, The California Coast, Travel, Trudging Through Soft Sand, Uncomfortably Warm, Vehicular Logistics, Weather Tags: DEER, DRIFTWOOD, DRY GRASS, FLAGS AND WEATHER VANES, MORNING LIGHT, POINT BREAKS, RIGHTS, SHAPE: HORIZONTAL, SUNRISE -
The Gamble of Art and Culture
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The Gamble of Art and Culture
2020 | Southern California › Los Angeles, The Channel Islands | Plein Air
They call it a casino, and yet aside from placing the riskiest bet known to man – betting on art and culture – no gambling has ever taken place in this building. When it was built, Vegas wasn’t much of a thing yet, and the word “casino” was still just an Italian word that means “gathering place”. And so it was the gathering place for art, music, performance, film, dancing and culture in general in this small island town.
SKU: N/A Categories: 2020, Acrylic on Canvas, Aggressive Seagulls/Birds, Artwork, Artwork Notes, Artwork Notes | Backstories, Artwork Timeline, Awkward Footing on Uneven Terrain, Biological Hazards, Boat Required for Access, Extra Vehicular Assistance Needed, Free Range Road Trips, Geological Hazards, Landscapes, Logistics, Los Angeles, Medium, Method, Painted in Full Sun with no Shade, Painted in Public During a Global Pandemic, Plein Air, Ride on Truck/Quad/Off-Road Vehicle Required for Access, 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, Temperature, The California Coast, The Channel Islands, Uncomfortably Warm, Vehicular Logistics, Weather Tags: AMERICA!, ARCHES, ARCHITECTURE, BELL TOWERS, BOATS, BUILDINGS, CACTUS, CASINOS THAT WERE NEVER USED FOR GAMBLING, DRY GRASS, EUCALYPTUS, FLAGS AND WEATHER VANES, HARBORS, JETTIES, PALM TREES, PEOPLE, SAILBOATS, SHAPE: HORIZONTAL, SUBMERGED ROCKS, TREES -
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 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 -
Cloud Theory
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Cloud Theory
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, 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, People Drinking, Plein Air, Subject, Surfers Are The Worst, Travel Tags: ARTISTS, CALIFORNITALIA, FLAGS AND WEATHER VANES, FREE BEER, FROM THE BEACH, GOLDEN LIGHT, NIMBUS SURF CLUB, PEOPLE, RESPECT, RICKI BROTINI'S COSMIC TEEPEE, RIGHTS, SHAPE: HORIZONTAL, SINGLE-FINS, SURFBOARDS, THE FIRST ITALIAN SURFER, THE FIRST* SURFER IN ITALY, UMBRELLAS -
The Hectic Pace of Modern Life
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The Hectic Pace of Modern Life
2019 | Southern California › Orange County, San Diego | Plein Air
Written on April 6, 2020
That title takes on a whole different flavor right now. At the time the world was buzzing away at top speed, except on a bad-surf day on the Southern California coast.
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I had painted this scene a few days before (minus the VW), but I wasn't happy with it, so I returned see a better sampling of local vehicular wildlife. Unfortunately on the day I returned it was so empty I had to wonder if I had missed a memo about a nuclear meltdown underway. Bu…
SKU: N/A Categories: "Maycember" 2019, 2019, Acrylic on Canvas, Anthropological Hazards, Artwork, Artwork Notes, Artwork Notes | Backstories, Artwork Timeline, Free Range Road Trips, Landscapes, Logistics, Medium, Method, Orange County, Paid Park Entrance Required, Painted From my Van, Painted from Roof Platform on Van, Painted in Full Sun with no Shade, Parking, Plein Air, San Diego, Southern California, Subject, Surfers Are The Worst, Temperature, The California Coast, Uncomfortably Warm, Vehicular Logistics, Weather Tags: AFTERNOON LIGHT, BEACH SHACKS, BUILDINGS, CARS, CARS THAT DON'T ALWAYS START, FLAGS AND WEATHER VANES, HAVE A SEAT, PALAPAS, PALM TREES, PARKING LOTS, PEOPLE, PICNIC TABLES, PRIMARY COLOR ELEMENTS, RIGHTS AND LEFTS, SHAPE: HORIZONTAL, SINGLE-FINS, SURFBOARDS, THE '76 VW THAT I GREW UP IN, TRUCKS, UMBRELLAS, VANS, VW'S -
Here Today, Gone Tomorrow
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Here Today, Gone Tomorrow
2018 | Southern California › Ventura | Plein Air
SKU: N/A Categories: 2018, Acrylic on Canvas, Artwork, Artwork Timeline, Free Range Road Trips, Heat Wave Tour - July 2018, Hiking, Landscapes, Less than 1 Mile, Logistics, Medium, Method, Miles Hiked, Paid Park Entrance Required, Painted in Full Sun with no Shade, Parking, Plein Air, Southern California, Subject, Temperature, The California Coast, Uncomfortably Warm, Ventura, Weather Tags: BEACH SHACKS, COBBLESTONES, COMMISSIONED WORK, DRIFTWOOD, DRIFTWOOD SHACKS, DUNEGRASS, FLAGS AND WEATHER VANES, FLOWERS, FROM THE BEACH, PALM TREES, PIERS, POINT BREAKS, POWER PLANTS, RIGHTS, SAND DUNES, SHAPE: HORIZONTAL, SHAPE: VERY HORIZONTAL, WILDFLOWERS -
No Rancho
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No Rancho
2016 | Central California › Santa Cruz | Plein Air
Have you ever tried to touch your nose with your eyes closed, while sitting in a tiny boat, with two friends fishing?
It’s like being rather drunk, but it’s only the dramamine.
And the moving sea.
Now try to paint the scene.
I dare you
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SKU: N/A Categories: 2016, Acrylic on Canvas, Artwork, Artwork Notes, Artwork Timeline, Biological Hazards, Boat Required for Access, Central California, Dramamine and Alcohol, Extra Vehicular Assistance Needed, Food/Drink Delivered and Consumed While Painting, Free Range Road Trips, Geological Hazards, Landscapes, Logistics, Medium, Method, Painted From a Boat, Plein Air, Poems, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz 2016, Subject, Surging Waves/ Wet Boots, The California Coast, Threatening to Rain, Vehicular Logistics, Weather Tags: BEACH HOUSES, BUILDINGS, DRAMAMINE, FLAGS AND WEATHER VANES, FREE BEER, OVERCAST, PAINTED FROM A TINY BOAT, PALM TREES, PIERS, PLACES NOBODY MIGHT HAVE EVER STOOD AND PAINTED BEFORE, SHAPE: HORIZONTAL, VIEWS FROM THE WATER -
Port of Call
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Port of Call
2016 | Southern California › Santa Barbara | Plein Air
We all travel in a line around here, between mountains and sea, making stops at key destinations along the way, much like boats seeking harbor at successive ports as they
sail up or down a coast.This particular voyage brought me to this port late in the day. I parked in a neighborhood somewhere behind that flagpole in the distance and proceeded to join the masses from every corner of the earth. One foot in front of the other, with each step a different language is heard. I enjoyed t…
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SKU: N/A Categories: 2-4 Miles, 2016, Acrylic on Canvas, Anthropological Hazards, Artwork, Artwork Notes, Artwork Notes | Backstories, Artwork Timeline, Crowds with Lots of Questions, Free Range Road Trips, Hiking, Hiking Terrain, Landscapes, Logistics, Medium, Method, Miles Hiked, Plein Air, Pounding Pavement, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara/Ventura 2016, Southern California, Subject, The California Coast Tags: BOATS, BREAKWATERS, BUILDINGS, DOCKS, EVENING LIGHT, FLAGS AND WEATHER VANES, HARBORS, JETTIES, LOOKING BACK TOWARD LAND, MARINAS, PALM TREES, PIERS, POINT BREAKS, RIGHTS, ROCKS, SAILBOATS, SANDBARS, SHAPE: HORIZONTAL, SMOKE FROM WILDFIRES -
Above and Below
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Above and Below
2010 | Southern California › Orange County, San Diego | Studio Landscapes
One world above
And another below
It might be heaven up there
But
Down here
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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, Surfing, The California Coast Tags: AFTERNOON LIGHT, CARS, COBBLESTONES, FIRE PITS, FLAGS AND WEATHER VANES, FUNK AND SPLATTER, HAVE A SEAT, LEFTS, LIFEGUARD TOWERS, MY VANS, PALM TREES, PARKING LOTS, PEOPLE, PERSONAL FAVORITES, PICNIC TABLES, POINT BREAKS, RIGHTS AND LEFTS, SHAPE: VERTICAL, SINGLE-FINS, SURFBOARDS, TRUCKS, VANS, VIEWS FROM HIGHER GROUND, VW'S -
Lined Up
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Lined Up
2010 | Southern California › Orange County, San Diego | Studio Landscapes
On the morning I was created⠀
I crawled out the back of the old yellow van⠀
Wide-eyed and blinking⠀
Wondering where my brother had ran?⠀He ran to the sea⠀
He ran for his life⠀Past the razor’s edge of the earth⠀
Into the mist where the horizon is long⠀
Where the black dots line up and wait⠀
Is that really where my brother had gone?⠀He ran to the sea⠀
He ran for his life⠀I unearth sandwiches buried in sand⠀
Sealed plastic baggies with PB and J’s⠀
Perfect gifts from Mother Earth⠀
So why did my brother rush into the haze?⠀He ran to the sea⠀
He ran for his life⠀Looking around I see girls on the move⠀
Their bikinis and bodies these young eyes amazed⠀
What were we talking about?⠀
And how did my brother get past them unfazed?⠀He ran to the sea⠀
He ran for his life⠀He told me to join him before he ran off⠀
I was unsure of myself and scared⠀
Of the ocean and its blackened depths⠀
What made my brother think I would dare?⠀To run to the sea⠀
To run for my life⠀To follow him out and beyond⠀
To the great sea where its rhythms unfurled⠀
To leave the logic of land for the great “into-ocean”⠀
But he was my brother and did he not rule the world?⠀So I ran to the sea ⠀
And I ran for my life⠀Bewildered by movements unknown⠀
I tried and I tried and I tried and I tried⠀
I couldn’t get past these white rolling waters⠀
“Where are you, brother” I cried⠀Scratching the sea⠀
And scratching for life⠀“Turn and go” was all that I heard⠀
So I turned and I goed with all that I could ⠀
That little white wave pushed me along⠀
And my brother watched as I stood⠀On the sea⠀
And on my life⠀I had never felt so alive⠀
As when the white foam gave way⠀
To smooth water before it⠀
I was made a brother that day⠀We ran to the sea⠀
We ran for our lives⠀And to this day we still run⠀
But I’ll always remember just how elated⠀
I was to join my brother ⠀
Back on that morning when I was created⠀► See More Art with Poetry
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, BOATS, CARS, COBBLESTONES, FLAGS AND WEATHER VANES, FUNK AND SPLATTER, LEFTS, LIFEGUARD TOWERS, PALM TREES, PARKING LOTS, PEOPLE, PERSONAL FAVORITES, RIGHTS AND LEFTS, SHAPE: HORIZONTAL, SHAPE: VERY HORIZONTAL, TRUCKS, UMBRELLAS, VANS, VW'S -
American Paradox
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American Paradox
2010 | Southern California › Orange County | Studio Landscapes
Under watchful eyes
We pretend the machinery
Will clean up the remains of our freedoms
Lost forever to the systematic fireWe burn your money
And
Weep with your love► See More Art with Poetry
SKU: N/A Categories: 2010, Acrylic on Canvas, Artwork, Artwork Notes, Artwork Timeline, Landscapes, Medium, Method, Orange County, Poems, Southern California, Studio Landscapes, Subject, The California Coast Tags: ARCHES, ARCHITECTURE, BEACH BREAKS, BUILDINGS, CARS, EVENING LIGHT, FLAGS AND WEATHER VANES, FUNK AND SPLATTER, ISLANDS IN THE DISTANCE, LIFEGUARD TOWERS, PERSONAL FAVORITES, PIERS, RIGHTS, RULES AND REGULATIONS, SANDY BEACHES, SHAPE: HORIZONTAL, TRASH CANS, TRUCKS -
Walking the Line
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Walking the Line
2010 | Southern California › Orange County, San Diego | Studio Landscapes
SKU: N/A Categories: 2010, Acrylic on Canvas, Artwork, Artwork Timeline, Landscapes, Medium, Method, Orange County, San Diego, Southern California, Studio Landscapes, Subject, The California Coast Tags: AFTERNOON LIGHT, BEACH SHACKS, BUILDINGS, COBBLESTONES, FIRE PITS, FLAGS AND WEATHER VANES, FUNK AND SPLATTER, HAVE A SEAT, LEFTS, LOVE AND INDECISION, PALAPAS, PEOPLE, PICNIC TABLES, RIGHTS AND LEFTS, SHAPE: VERTICAL
