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    • California Portfolios
    • – Northern
      California
      • Del Norte
      • Humboldt
      • Mendocino
      • Marin | Sonoma
    • – Central
      California
      • San Francisco | San Mateo
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    • The Complete California Archives
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    • The Book:
      Painting the California Coast, Volume One
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Current Archive: Santa Barbara





Painting the California Coast: Volume One

A coffee table collection of artwork and notes from the field after 15 years of painting up and down the Entire California Coast.

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Oceans to Oceans

Original Size: 20" x 16"

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Proof of Concept

Original Size: 20" x 16"

Painted this one en route to a lighthouse at California’s greatest turning point. I was...

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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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Late Arrival

Original Size: 12" x 16"

There’s something about immersing myself in the places where I paint that is hard to...

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To God the Best and the Greatest

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Her Quiet Time

Original Size: 16" x 12"

The Chumash people lived here first. The Earth Mother’s name was Hutash, and it was...

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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

Original Size: 16" x 20"

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

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A Window of Light

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I was supposed to drive a lot further up the coast on this day back...

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Winter in Summer

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A further experiment in letting the paint run and not developing every part of a...

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I Shall Be Free

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The third of three paintings from a quick trip last summer. The titles for the...

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The Ceremonies of the Horsemen

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The second of three paintings from a quick trip to this slice of California paradise...

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Come Out Ye Gifted Kings and Queens

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Holy Ground

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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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Prey For Rain

Original Size: 12" x 16"

Deep in this prehistoric canyon, I was watching the weather shift quickly as I made...

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Moonshine

Original Size: 16" x 12"

Painted on location from a pier on one of California’s offshore islands during a full...

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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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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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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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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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