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      California
      • Del Norte
      • Humboldt
      • Mendocino
      • Marin | Sonoma
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      California
      • San Francisco | San Mateo
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      Painting the California Coast, Volume One
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Sea of Gold

Original Size: 20" x 16"

Back when I began doing a lot of plein air work over 15 years ago,...

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Harnessing Power

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Chromatic Water Theory V: Theory and Practice

Original Size: 18" x 36"

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Chromatic Water Theory VII: Chunk

Original Size: 36" x 36"

Much can be said of beautiful harmonies, but there is also a place in music...

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Chromatic Water Theory VI: Platinum

Original Size: 36" x 36"

I painted this one during a Johnny Cash tribute set at the Eureka Theater during...

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Chromatic Water Theory IV: String Theory

Original Size: 18" x 36"

Stringed instruments often contain a dizzying array of mathematical geometries; the length and/or thickness of...

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Chromatic Water Theory III: Strum

Original Size: 18" x 36"

Sound upon sound, wave upon wave, a simple strum of a stringed instrument produces a...

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Chromatic Water Theory II: Resonate

Original Size: 36" x 36"

Many instruments have within their design a method of capturing, redirecting, focusing, and amplifying the...

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Chromatic Water Theory I: Percussion

Original Size: 36" x 36"

Percussion, it’s the foundation of music. It’s been here all along, discernible all around and...

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After a Long Dark Winter

Original Size: 20" x 16"

Well, this winter wasn’t really all that much longer or darker than usual, but still,...

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Watch Your Step

Original Size: 16" x 20"

I had tried to paint from this spot recently but couldn’t because of the wind....

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Off in the Distance

Original Size: 20" x 16"

We had some good sunny weather a few days ago, and I got it in...

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Natural Defenses

Original Size: 20" x 16"

Last one from a recent trip to Orange County, and my first plein air from...

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House of Romance, 1963: I Was Almost Never Born Here

Original Size: 20" x 16"

You ready for some personal Beard family history here? On a recent trip south, a...

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Rainy Day Melody

Original Size: 16" x 12"

Another recent one from the Orange County coast. With all the weather and rain, I...

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While Lovely Rita Was Sleeping

Original Size: 12" x 12"

Plein air capturing the early morning marine layer view of the Orange County coast. Couldn’t...

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Salt Haze

Original Size: 16" x 20"

This was a rough one. The coast fog was super thick when I rolled up...

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The Light Contagious

Original Size: 20" x 16"

One of the best things about plein air painting all over the California coast is...

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Still Life: Tower 22 and Red Single-Fin

Original Size: 12" x 12"

Twenty-two rulesand too many ways to break them.We didn’t know any better.We thought they were...

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Living Quarters

Original Size: 12" x 12"

Yep, an old water tower, a 76 VW bus, or… I guess an actual house...

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Subpedestrian Homesick Blues

Original Size: 12" x 12"

Sand crabs and square slices of pepperoni pizza- the working capital of days long spent...

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Speaking Softly Like Light

Original Size: 20" x 16"

Painted this one not too long ago down on the central coast of California. This...

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Lunch Bucket

Original Size: 12" x 12"

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Curb Appeal

Original Size: 12" x 12"

You can’t go wrong with coastal real estate in California. This extremely well constructed home,...

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A Wing and a Prayer

Original Size: 36" x 36"

Studio redux of recent live art concept. A few weeks back at a benefit for...

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