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      Painting the California Coast, Volume One
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Current Archive: Off Trail Wilderness Tromping


But very carefully- the goal is still to leave no trace whenever possible…




Working Up to a Faceplant

Original Size: 14" x 18"

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Lost… Or Just Displaced

Original Size: 16" x 20"

The glossy pages of outdoor magazines are the admission tickets. Nylon and Gore-Tex nomads. Lovers...

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It’s All Just One Rock

Original Size: 20" x 10"

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Sorry Not Sorry

Original Size: 16" x 12"

So this was different. There’s a really great beach park 6 miles north of here...

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Hiding in Plain Sight

Original Size: 20" x 16"

Access to this pocket of reef beneath sandstone cliffs is now through a private club...

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Rags to Riches

Original Size: 20" x 16"

A road closure not too far north of this headland made for a quiet night...

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The Dark Watchers

Original Size: 20" x 16"

Through thickets of poison to a cliff in the wind beneath dark skies, they followed....

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A Man Among Giants… and Also His Cat

Original Size: 12" x 24"

Over 20 years ago I read a story in the local press about an artist...

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She Loves the River

Original Size: 16" x 12"

Painted on location, 2.5 miles from the road. A challenging back-country hike with all my...

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Left Behind

Original Size: 20" x 16"

Beautiful memories, but some days are defined by regrets, just like the cactus in many...

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Down Harbor Blvd, Just Past the Airport

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It’s like standing on holy ground. I can’t believe how fortunate I am to be...

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Holy Ground

Original Size: 20" x 16"

This is the view from the top of a hill that overlooks the entire crescent...

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An Unfamiliar Song

Original Size: 16" x 12"

This was the endpoint of my longest hike on this trip, 11 miles total, and...

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Wish You Were Here

Original Size: 20" x 16"

Those two old barns standing together in this distant outpost reminded me just how much...

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Island Time

Original Size: 12" x 16"

I sort of saw this one developing over a few days out here. First off,...

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Strata Various

Original Size: 16" x 12"

This headland took some serious work to get to. All said, this ended up being...

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The Apex of Spring

Original Size: 20" x 16"

Visiting this hard to reach outpost of California’s coast during the Spring Equinox after a...

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Distant California

Original Size: 16" x 12"

It’s not the California coast that most of us are familiar with, but good to...

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Trifecta: Ticks, Wind, and Poison Oak

Original Size: 16" x 12"

I didn’t have to hike far from the cabin for this one, I just wanted...

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Hold Your Ground

Original Size: 16" x 12"

I spent this morning drinking a bit too much coffee in the kitchen of a...

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The North Shore

Original Size: 16" x 12"

After two days of painting one stretch of coast in this off-the-beaten-path outpost of California,...

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Beside Clear Waters

Original Size: 20" x 16"

This irresistible cove is overlooked by a rare Torrey Pine. I find myself today among...

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East of the 5

Original Size: 16" x 12"

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The Unveiling

Original Size: 20" x 16"

Painted on location while giving a somewhat distracted interview with a Bay area newspaper editor…...

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California’s Dream

Original Size: 20" x 16"

Occasionally the California Coast sleeps in during the May Gray/June Gloom and has this recurring...

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