Internal Communications
Artwork Notes
These paintings contain notes, thoughts, and written scribblings for those inclined to read…
Kansas City Star
The President
Who Are You?
Into the Sunset
Where It Wishes
You never know where the wind will take you. I generally avoid painting down at sea level. I like to be up on the edge of the cliff. Canvas bouncing in the wind. But today I’m here. Not of my own decision. I’m painting this for some friends. They’re moving on, and this, a parting […]
The Brighter Side of Widowhood
Thermal Windows
Mine… Or Maybe Yours
Proof of Concept
Say Nothing
Pale Blue Eyes
It’s true, that fog just lingered on, and on. Those pale blue eyes… I saw a burst of blue sky while rounding a bend and thought for sure the fog was lifting. That was my mistake- thinking anything was sure about fog. I should know better. And I generally do, but the scene was truly […]
Something Not So Easy
If the previous painting of the day was titled Something Easy, well this would be the opposite of that. This place is hard. In many ways. And so was this painting. For a long few minutes, I didn’t think it was ever going to work to get this down the beach perspective. But what a […]
Something Easy
Not much to say here, just a nice day on the southern California coast. Just a little something easy for those going through some hard times.
The Whole Wide World
Ether
Ever since I’d heard about the remains of this old pier at the bottom of a steep cliff, all covered in graffiti, I knew I’d need to paint the place. The morning fog kept me from being able to paint another cliff top vista nearby so I took advantage of the weather to paint these […]
Nowhere Else to Go
Sorry Not Sorry
The Sea is for “California”
The Sea is for “California” The Ay is for “Ay, it looks kinda fun out there” The El is for “Where the El did all these people come from? It didn’t look this crowded a minute ago” The I is for “I didn’t see you back there” The Ef is for things I’ve heard out […]
Cottage Industry
Hot exhaust fumes hardening into tar deposits hanging in the air over the snow cone machines where the tourist buses come to die and pour out their guts just short of the hospital where elderly cottages are kept on life support by the steady IV drip of short-term rental vacation deposits. This place is bought […]
Jacob’s Ladder
No Van is an Island
Just Before Sunset
The Boulevard
I came with a plan. The plan was to paint these sculpted arches and coves and the sea at work around them while ignoring everything else. Forget the palms, forget the houses, forget the sun and the sky, forget the boulevard, and forget it’s name along with my own and just get lost in the […]
None Shall Pass
An arch that’s been painted once or twice or a thousand times before this, and will be again by countless others walking these shores. All I know is that at least on this day they better approach from the south, because there was no getting past the rocks on the north side. A steady stream […]