VIEWS FROM COLLECTORS HOUSES
It happens. Some folks just have views you can’t get any other way. Others just have nice views they’d like to remember after they move on. All good. I just like nice views.
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The Blessing of the Fleet
The Blessing of the Fleet
2019 | Northern California › Humboldt | Studio Landscapes
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End of the Rose
End of the Rose
2019 | Plein Air
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Motel California
Motel California
2019 | Central California › San Luis Obispo | Plein Air
I know you guys think my job is super easy. Just cruise around and paint pictures between coffee and beers and donuts and tacos. Go for a surf if the waves look fun. Hike around in beautiful remote places on the edges of the world. Hmmm... My job is pretty easy, come to think of it.
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But there are also days like this one. Glorious sun-filled afternoons overlooking beaches full of memories. And on this day, it held far more than memories, it held my family- my wife and kids playing in th…
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Down by the Bay
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.
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Rogue Showers
Rogue Showers
2019 | Central California › San Mateo | Plein Air
Spent the morning sipping coffee with some new friends who ended up buying this one. It had rained overnight and even though the sun was out and bright, every time I thought to hike up into the hills for this view, another shower would come through and soak everything anew. ⠀
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But that was just fine.⠀
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I like coffee.⠀
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And I really like coffee out of an unfamiliar mug. It means new places, new people, new horizons...⠀
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And I especially really like c…
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There Goes the Neighborhood
There Goes the Neighborhood
2019 | Central California › San Mateo | Plein Air
You never know where tomorrow will bring you, which is why these folks commissioned this deck-top view from their home awhile back- so they’d always have this painting, even if they didn’t always have this view.⠀
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But there was more to the neighborhood than the view of the western sky over their neighbors’ houses. There were their neighbors themselves. In small communities and house-lined streets everywhere, neighbors are what makes a neighborhood. Pot-lucks, backyard bonfires, the never-ending dog poop turf wars (if only dogs could read, I’d call them out by name right here and now… aaargh), and just generally being around when a neighbor needs a hand. It’s kind of like family, except without knowing about all of each other’s embarrassing childhood episodes. ⠀
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Anyway, not sure why I went on this ramble, just an aimless stroll around the neighborhood I guess.
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Mist and Light
Mist and Light
2019 | Central California › Monterey | Plein Air
Hunting for poppies on a trip up the coast back in 2019. I found them here, but also found a constant raining mist. Had to set the easel up inside the van and open the slider for the view to paint this one without getting soaked.⠀
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Inclement
Inclement
2019 | Southern California › Orange County | Plein Air
For much of this trip I faced inclement weather, and eventually made peace with it by embracing the moody darkness it often brought to a scene, punctuated by the bursts of light whenever the clouds would break. Kind of experimental, and kind of a lot of fun. I had no intention of creating these darker pieces to match our dark times. But as I revisit them, there is something in them that speaks louder to me now than it did at the time. But in spite of the intensity, it’s not the ominous vibes that come through, it’s the hope contained in the light. No storm lasts forever.
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I Shall Be Free
I Shall Be Free
2019 | Southern California › Santa Barbara | Plein Air
The third of three paintings from a quick trip last summer. The titles for the three are all chosen from Dylan tunes for various reasons. This one was chosen because the actual name of this creek comes up in the song. Also, as an artist I often do claim the right to freely edit a landscape if I choose. In this case I should have edited it further the first time around- when I got home and pulled it out I was shocked at the weird choices I'd made including trees to the left of the creek which …
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Shower Power
Shower Power
2018 | Central California › San Mateo | Plein Air
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Afternoon Martinis: Side A
Afternoon Martinis: Side A
2018 | Central California › San Mateo | Plein Air
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Afternoon Martinis: Side B
Afternoon Martinis: Side B
2018 | Central California › San Mateo | Plein Air
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Her View of the Canyon
Her View of the Canyon
2018 | Southern California › Santa Barbara | Plein Air
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And They Will Ask
And They Will Ask
2017 | Central California › San Mateo | Plein Air
No roads in, no roads out.
Washed out 40 years ago.
Just this narrow footpath remains.Yet they live here.
And walk this path daily.
Packing life in and out on their backs.Even the children know who belongs and who doesn’t.
And they will ask.
If you give a wrong answer, I’m not sure what they’ll do.
Don’t give a wrong answer.
It’s a certain kind of heaven here.
But there is a certain kind of hell around the corner.
Complete with fast food and poison.You’d keep them out too if you could.
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I May Not Play the Fiddle, But I Was on the Roof
I May Not Play the Fiddle, But I Was on the Roof
2016 | Central California › Santa Cruz | Plein Air
Pretty stoked to paint this one from a rooftop today. Seriously, why paint in a studio when you can climb ladders and crawl through a skylight and set up in a place like this instead? Big thanks to my friend Charles for opening the door… um skylight… to make this one possible.
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Rey y Reina, Fuego y Agua
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.
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The Queen’s Castle
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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SKU: N/A Categories: 2016, Access Logistics, Acrylic on Canvas, Artwork, Artwork Notes, Artwork Timeline, Extra Vehicular Assistance Needed, Free Range Road Trips, Landscapes, Logistics, Medium, Method, Painted in Full Sun with no Shade, Painted With Permission, Plein Air, Poems, Posted: No Trespassing, Private Property, Ride on Truck/Quad/Off-Road Vehicle Required for Access, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara/Ventura 2016, Southern California, Subject, The California Coast, Vehicular Logistics, Ventura, Weather Tags: AGRICULTURE, ARCHITECTURE, BUILDINGS, DIRT ROADS, FREEWAYS, GATED COMMUNITY, PACIFIC COAST HIGHWAY, PALM TREES, PATHS, POINT BREAKS, RIGHTS, ROADS, SAGE, SHAPE: HORIZONTAL, SMOKE FROM WILDFIRES, SOLD OFF THE EASEL TO A PASSERBY, SPARKLING WATER, SUN GLARE, VIEWS FROM COLLECTORS HOUSES, VIEWS FROM HIGHER GROUND -
Odelay
Odelay
2016 | Southern California › San Diego | Plein Air
Named this one after the album that shares the same name from Beck, simply because that’s what I was listening to while standing out on a roof overlooking this vista as I recorded the train tracks through the wetlands below on canvas.
This entire trip was plagued by a persistent coastal marine layer, but I had some good afternoon sun for most of this one. Also had to wrestle a bit with the hillside of torrey pines in the foreground. I’d never noticed before just how drastically thos…
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SKU: N/A Categories: 2016, Access Logistics, Acrylic on Canvas, Artwork, Artwork Notes, Artwork Notes | Backstories, Artwork Timeline, Free Range Road Trips, Had to Sleep in My Van, Landscapes, Logistics, Medium, Method, Painted from a Rooftop, Painted in Full Sun with no Shade, Painted With Permission, Plein Air, Posted: No Trespassing, Private Property, San Diego, San Diego 2016, Southern California, Subject, Temperature, The California Coast, Travel, Uncomfortably Warm, Weather Tags: AFTERNOON LIGHT, BEACH BREAKS, CARS, CLIMBED OUT A WINDOW, COMMISSIONED WORK, ESTUARIES AND WETLANDS, GOLDEN LIGHT, INLETS, LAGOONS, PACIFIC COAST HIGHWAY, PLACES NOBODY MIGHT HAVE EVER STOOD AND PAINTED BEFORE, RAILROAD TRACKS, ROADS, SHAPE: HORIZONTAL, SINGING BADLY WHILE PAINTING, TORREY PINES, TREES, VIEWS FROM COLLECTORS HOUSES, VIEWS FROM HIGHER GROUND, WEATHERED ROCK/SANDSTONE -
Sabbath Day
Sabbath Day
2016 | Southern California › San Diego | Plein Air
Three things to say about this one…
First, at 30” x 24” it was much larger than I usually like to work out in the field, requiring 2 sessions on different days.
Secondly, I was nearly pushed off this hill and sent rolling down the steep slope behind me by a large dog. It was close for a second there. I don’t know all my dog
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breeds, but picture a large, friendly German Shepherd. Seems about right. The owner was friendly as well, but she had no control of this dog when he…
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Left it All Behind #2
Left it All Behind #2
2015 | Other Studio Work
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Left it All Behind #1
Left it All Behind #1
2015 | Other Studio Work
SKU: N/A Categories: 2015, Acrylic on Canvas, Artwork, Artwork Timeline, Central America?, Landscapes, Medium, Method, Most Likely Mexico, Not the California Coast, Other Studio Work, Subject Tags: ARCHITECTURE, BASED ON CLIENTS' PHOTOS, BEACH HOUSES, BEACH SHACKS, BENDING LINES OF SWELL, BUILDINGS, COMMISSIONED WORK, LAGOONS, LEFTS, PALM TREES, POINT BREAKS, RIVERMOUTHS, SANDBARS, SHAPE: HORIZONTAL, TROPICAL, VIEWS FROM COLLECTORS HOUSES -
Out of Eden
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 -
Beautiful from Here
Beautiful from Here
2015 | Southern California › Santa Barbara | Plein Air
Always dug the graphic road vibes on this one. There may or may not have been boats anchored just to the left of the frame cleaning up* an oil spill from a busted pipe on the side of the highway. Either way, the color if the water in this little cove was incredible.
*or just dumping poisonous dispersant in the water to break up the oil and put it out of sight, out of mind. I hope I heard that wrong.
Categories: 1-2 Miles, 2015, Access Logistics, Acrylic on Canvas, Artwork, Artwork Notes, Artwork Notes | Backstories, Artwork Timeline, Extra Vehicular Assistance Needed, Hiking, Landscapes, Logistics, Medium, Method, Miles Hiked, Painted With Permission, Plein Air, Posted: No Trespassing, Private Property, Ride on Truck/Quad/Off-Road Vehicle Required for Access, Santa Barbara, Southern California, Subject, The California Coast, Vehicular Logistics Tags: FREEWAYS, OAKS, OIL SPILLS, PACIFIC COAST HIGHWAY, PETROLEUM, POINT BREAKS, RAILROAD TRACKS, RIGHTS, ROADS, SUSPECT WATER QUALITY, VIEWS FROM COLLECTORS HOUSES, VIEWS FROM HIGHER GROUND -
Tolled You So
Tolled You So
2015 | Southern California › Orange County, San Diego | Plein Air
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Another Day
Another Day
2014 | Other Studio Work
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Avocados and Beer
Avocados and Beer
2013 | Southern California › San Diego | Plein Air
Categories: 2013, Access Logistics, Acrylic on Canvas, Artwork, Artwork Timeline, Biological Hazards, Food/Drink Delivered and Consumed While Painting, Landscapes, Logistics, Medium, Method, Painted in Full Sun with no Shade, Painted With Permission, Plein Air, Private Property, San Diego, Southern California, Subject, The California Coast, Weather Tags: ARCHITECTURE, BACK ALLEYS, BUILDINGS, COMMISSIONED WORK, FENCES, FREE BEER, FREE FOOD, PALM TREES, RIGHTS AND LEFTS, VIEWS FROM COLLECTORS HOUSES -
A-Frame
A-Frame
2013 | Southern California › San Diego | Studio Landscapes
Categories: 2013, Acrylic on Canvas, Artwork, Artwork Timeline, Landscapes, Medium, Method, San Diego, Southern California, Studio Landscapes, Subject, The California Coast Tags: ARCHITECTURE, BUILDINGS, COMMISSIONED WORK, FREE BEER, PALM TREES, RIGHTS AND LEFTS, VIEWS FROM COLLECTORS HOUSES -
Sunrise Over the Gaviota Coast
Sunrise Over the Gaviota Coast
2012 | Southern California › Santa Barbara | Studio Landscapes
SKU: N/A Categories: 2012, Acrylic on Canvas, Artwork, Artwork Timeline, Landscapes, Medium, Method, Santa Barbara, Southern California, Studio Landscapes, Subject, The California Coast Tags: ARCING CLOUDS, BARNS, BUILDINGS, GOLDEN LIGHT, MORNING LIGHT, PACIFIC COAST HIGHWAY, ROADS, SHAPE: HORIZONTAL, SUNRISE, VIEWS FROM COLLECTORS HOUSES
