Twenty-two rulesand too many ways to break them.We didn’t know any better.We thought they were only suggestions.
Still Life: Tower 22 and Red Single-Fin
Artwork Notes
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Living Quarters
Yep, an old water tower, a 76 VW bus, or… I guess an actual house fits the bill too. All of them quite livable. But only one of them will get you where you’re going and then strand you there with no way to leave. I’m not telling which.
Subpedestrian Homesick Blues
Sand crabs and square slices of pepperoni pizza- the working capital of days long spent hiding under the pier for shade, and relief from watching eyes. The older kids’ cigarettes smelled funny. Try not to look ‘em in the eye.
Speaking Softly Like Light
Painted this one not too long ago down on the central coast of California. This is the one I did during that video that I posted yesterday from @stwcoalition. They kept telling me to speak up, cause the light wind was muffling everything in the microphone. It was a bit of a challenge to stay […]
Curb Appeal
You can’t go wrong with coastal real estate in California. This extremely well constructed home, built around the turn of the year is a charming example of Beach Hobo architecture. Well thought out floorplan with charming curb appeal. Great place to raise a family. Seller is motivated.
A Wing and a Prayer
Nightfall
Lonesome Valley
Study Break
Always fun to paint from 500 feet up. UFO view of kelp beds, bending lines, and the likely culprit of many a failed college exam.
Grass Fed
um… not plein air Music is like math, where math allows us to see the inner workings of the physical world around us, music allows us to see the inner workings of the non-physical world within us. What?
Water is Life
Isthmus Interrupted: Most of the Time She Can’t be Reached
The isthmus here is only passable at the lower tides, leaving the rock island on the right unreachable for most of every day. I’ve always been fascinated by the bending of wave energy around both sides of the island on the higher tides. Getting to this vantage point with all my paint gear wasn’t easy, […]
Poetry of Geological Ideas
We really do have some beautiful coastline around here. While still technically a part of the California coast, this zone feels like another time and place altogether. Pretty sure it was Einstein that said pure mathematics was the poetry of logical ideas. In that sense I reckon pure plein air painting is maybe a poetry […]
I’ll be Ever’where, Ma
Fixer Upper
I was hoping to go further up the coast but the midday high tide and a deeply eroded beach combined with solid swell prevented me from going much further than this little beach hut. Not that I didn’t try, it got pretty dicey around that corner. Timed my way around a few bends between sets […]
Perfect from Afar
A Pleasant Arrangement
Lost in the Shuffle
Sometimes I find myself painting subjects that are a bit more involved than I’d like, but in order to eventually cover the entire California coast, I just can’t avoid them. Here is one of those. Quite challenging, one day I hope to sort out a better approach to these scenes that look out over rows […]
No Rancho
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
Slot Machine
Line after lineAnd jewel upon jewelThese beams of lightBearing weightAs well as witnessTo our memoriesLost in the fireOn the night we crossed the bridgeOver the village of tents and mudAnd icePassing carsWith no driversAnd the rising tideForced us to climb over the rocksTo round the headlandWhere lovers lovedAnd dreamers dreamedAnd thieves did their best workStealing […]
Silent Conversations: Long Departed
Quiet Water
To be honest, Santa Cruz stresses me out a bit. Crazy, crazy place… but I like it. That said it was great to get out of the hamster maze for a bit today. A friend treated me to some epic midday views up a private road way up the coast and I followed that up […]
For Miles and Miles
This Spot is Gone But You’re Still Here
Protected
Latest from my Free Range: Santa Cruz painting tour. There’s coves like this all over the California coast, tucked away and protected from the predominant winds creating clean conditions when elsewhere the sea is ragged with wind chatter. This coast is certainly worth protecting and I’m thankful for all who have worked to preserve the […]