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A recent studio commission. I reckon if I’d tried to paint this one on location standing in the middle of PCH, I’d likely have ended up dead, hospitalized, or in jail before finishing. It’s no secret that I prefer the Studio of the Open Sky these days, but that’s not to say I don’t appreciate […]
Honored to be selected as the official event artist for the 2015 Luau & Legends of Surfing Invitational coming up later this summer on August 9. Every year a new artist is commissioned to create their own variation of the event location, Scripps Pier in La Jolla, CA. This incredible event has been running for 22 years […]
Plein air from yesterday. Left my brush roll in the studio and had to makeshift with some random brushes dug up in the crevasses of my van. Then hiked up to this spot and went to setup and realized I left my canvas in the van, by the the time I walked all the way […]
Painted this one two days ago. Used to spend a lot of time up on this bluff and out in the shifting sloppy beach break out front. Haven’t painted up here in about 8 years. Shortly after setting up another painter walked up and cut right to it, “where you from?” I was laughing inside, […]
The result of the Live Art collaboration with Spencer Reynolds @spencerreynoldsartist last night. We’re still friends. But it was a close call for a minute there.
Plein air from up the coast yesterday. Well basically plein air. I was on location and working fast to get the feeling of the place and time, but I wasn’t technically outdoors. I cheated and painted this one from the back of the van, nice to be out of the wind- it was howling out […]
Excuse the long title, but it’s true. I’ve been hunkered down with other projects lately and not getting out to paint as much as I’d like, so I was stoked to not let this gem of a day pass by unpainted.
Painted live at Redwood Curtain brewery during a live music set from Likwefi. No plan, just paint and let the music guide the pace. Twice during the show I thought I saw a bird and tried to define it, but the more I developed it, the worse it looked as it wasn’t a planned drawing […]
They took one last look at the riverAnd longed for another timeSaddened by the parade of motorhomes and methStretching from the ends of the earth to right here and right nowThey refused to join the neon funeral processionThey took their standAnd to this day they remainStillAnd beautifulAnd made of solid gold
Odometer: 1499.6 miles A common theme when exploring an unfamiliar area is to drive to the end of the road, then get out and walk to the end of the trail until you can’t pass any further. Doesn’t matter if it’s a remote location or just a curious corner of your own local neighborhood, it […]
Odometer: 1415.8 miles Hoping for a quick surf at the end of the day. Missed it. There is always the morning.
Odometer: 1296.1 miles There’s a lot of history here. Native history, Spanish colonial history, surfing history, and countless other threads entwine around this focal point of the coast. As I painted this one I chatted with a local who a long time friend of a fellow coastal artist who passed away not too long ago. […]
Odometer: 1274.8 miles Ok. I know I can seem a little creepy to some folks all hovelled up in my van dwelling, but sometimes even I get creeped out by the local humans. This was an empty stretch of road but it produced some odd characters in fairly rapid succession. I’m glad I wasn’t abducted. […]
Odometer: 1209.7 miles In order to make the most of the daylight hours and paint as much as time and geography allow, I’ve been flying under the radar and sleeping in the van in random offbeat commercial locations. Wake up early and move on daily. Some mornings are rougher than others and our good old […]
Odometer: 1038.8 miles Sometimes it takes a lot of driving around spot-checking before settling on a spot to paint. The morning light was fading quickly to noon day brightness, so I jumped on this one after scouting two other locations. Any one if them would have worked, not sure why I was so hesitant, but […]
Odometer: 1030.2 miles Every trip comes to an end sometime, and this one ends in southern California. Although I still have many miles to travel in the next few days, with the live music and party vibe emanating from the pier while I painted, this was my first tastes of the end of the line. […]
Odometer: 935.8 miles The coast of California is not fair. For every spot surfed or vista painted there’s a multitude of others that will have to wait for another day. Been enjoying this paint tour, but my heart breaks for all that I’ve seen and haven’t had time to stop for. It doesn’t matter how […]
