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Sometimes it’s parking awkwardly on the side of the road for a view, sometimes it’s exceeding the time limits, some times it gets so complicated with rules and regulations I just throw up my hands and roll of the dice…




Silver and Gold

Original Size: 24" x 18"

Silver and gold I may not have But what I have I give to you...

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Sun Set Twice

Original Size: 20" x 16"

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From the Joker to the Thief

Original Size: 20" x 16"

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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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Down by the Bay

Original Size: 20" x 16"

It’s not always hard to reach edge-of-the-earth places. My long time goal of painting the...

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Russian Past

Original Size: 20" x 16"

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Hot Water

Original Size: 20" x 10"

I recall that I really wanted to focus on creating a graphic band of information...

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Sarah’s Lemonade

Original Size: 20" x 16"

I scour the coast looking for views like this- familiar places from unfamiliar angles. They...

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Important Matters

Original Size: 16" x 12"

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Guns and Flowers

Original Size: 20" x 16"

A brief stopping point in the middle of one of California’s Coastal military bases. Access...

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And They Will Ask

Original Size: 20" x 16"

No roads in, no roads out.Washed out 40 years ago.Just this narrow footpath remains. Yet...

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The Beach

Original Size: 20" x 10"

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Juxtaposition

Original Size: 20" x 16"

Just a few days earlier I’d surfed a spot hundreds of miles north that goes...

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Tea and Oranges

Original Size: 20" x 16"

6th day on the road, 18th painting completed, 3rd on this day I had this...

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A Change is Brewing

Original Size: 20" x 16"

Often the main challenge in painting a location is finding an angle that condenses the...

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Heard from Across the Valley

Original Size: 20" x 16"

4th day on the road, tenth painting completed, first one this day Some paintings I’ve...

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Morning Blues: Side A

Original Size: 12" x 16"

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Morning Blues: Side B

Original Size: 12" x 16"

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Fit for a King

Original Size: 24" x 12"

Named for the stretch of coast nearby, King’s beach, it’s easy to see why a...

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Short Term Memory Loss

Original Size: 12" x 12"

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Another Facet

Original Size: 16" x 12"

One of the most often painted stretches of beach in California, I’ve even painted from...

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Morning Jewels

Original Size: 20" x 16"

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All of the Above

Original Size: 12" x 12"

The name of this spot is translated in the native Indian tribe’s dialect as “Above”,...

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Natural Defenses

Original Size: 20" x 16"

Last one from a recent trip to Orange County, and my first plein air from...

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Yo No Soy Marinero

Original Size: 20" x 16"

Last one from a recent Ventura/Santa Barbara trip. Sometimes a painting almost seems to paint...

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