Took a grueling hike in the heat of the day yesterday in search of a spot I’ve been eyeing on the map for years. Like all the best places it requires a drive off the main road until the pavement ends, then a drive down a dirt road until the road ends, then you get […]
Some placesYou come toAlmost by accident OthersTakeA bit more effort NobodyComes down from the mountainWithout firstHaving to climb it Nobody comes to the endOf the trailWithout firstTraveling its length Nobody comes upFrom the seaWithout first going under And nobody arrivesIn that small town across the bayWithout knowing first where it is But mostlyThat’s just becauseSomeone […]
Painted this one from the mobile studio. It wasn’t moving at the time though. That would have been rough. Although that mighta helped keep the monstrous flies out of the van… they were nuts. Had to swing my paint rag around every couple minutes the entire time I was painting. I think they liked my […]
This was the only painting I painted today. Oh, I had plenty of time to do another one, maybe even two, but I hadn’t explored this particular piece of coast before other than a quick surf check that consisted of a total of 5 minutes in the carpark below before moving on to seek a […]
Quick sketch from a recent session. Spent most of this day scouting for a vantage point for a different painting that I’ve had in mind for a while. Spending nearly half a day hunting for a painting and not getting anything done is a lot like searching for waves and getting skunked so I hammered […]
Plein air, but with a twist. Traditional plein air work involves working fast to give an impression of the place at a particular time of day. The changing nature of light throughout a day limits the working time for a single session so larger pieces usually involve multiple sessions returning to the same location at […]
We kissedOn that beachAs anotherIron horse galloped byWe were stowawaysOn a different trainAnd we had no ideaWhere it would take us
First crack at the desert. Furthest east I’ve been in a really long time. No waves, but digging the morning color palette all the same.
This was done by the light of the full moon and a strategically placed led headlamp- not too close to ruin ability to see the scene beyond it, but close enough to barely discern the difference between my primaries. But only barely, some super weird choices went down for sure. Went with my buddy’s bike […]
Apologies for the blurry photo, this one got away before I got a good shot of it. Anyway, this one could be a long story that maybe I’ll write out one day, but you get the idea from the title. You see some interesting stuff go down at times when you paint outdoors, mainly cause […]
