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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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      Painting the California Coast, Volume One
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Current Archive: Heat Wave Tour - July 2018


25 days. 25 paintings. 4 paintings completed on one day. 3 paintings completed in over 100 degree heat. 1 painting completed in temperatures below 75 degrees. 1 boat ride. 1 painting done after dark under a full moon. 1 call made by a stranger to 911 because “Janet Jackson was being held hostage in a house on PCH in Malibu.” For real. Well not that she was really held hostage, but for real that a stranger needed to borrow my phone to make that call without telling me first. Malibu is full of nuts.




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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A Stone’s Throw

Original Size: 12" x 12"

2nd of 4 paintings painted this day- a quick study done in the midday heat....

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Bass and Treble

Original Size: 20" x 20"

3rd of 4 paintings painted this day- a larger piece for a single session plein...

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First Things First

Original Size: 12" x 12"

A quick one first thing in the morning after spending a week painting with Wade...

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Moonlight Sessions

Original Size: 12" x 12"

Fueled up after a feast at Besta Wan Pizza in Cardiff, and armed with a...

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48mph: The Speed of Memory

Original Size: 16" x 12"

I’d driven past this little dip in coast bluff several times over the prior week...

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Borrowed Time

Original Size: 8" x 6"

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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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Dog’s Eye View

Original Size: 20" x 16"

This was a quick one at the end of a longish day of painting with...

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Eventually

Original Size: 20" x 16"

That’s my dad’s 76 VW parked in the prime spot for this painting of this...

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All You Can Eat

Original Size: 20" x 10"

This was a significant painting for me. I have a tendency to want to include...

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White Hot

Original Size: 20" x 16"

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South Swells and Sunlight

Original Size: 12" x 12"

Summer is kinda over, except fall really is the best summer around here. That said,...

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Intertidal Architecture

Original Size: 20" x 16"

The first painting I ever recall painting of a specific location on the California coast...

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451

Original Size: 16" x 12"

Another rainy day morning here has me thinking back to hotter times, like summers in...

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Rising Tide- Setting Sun

Original Size: 20" x 16"

About a year ago, I spent a week in San Diego painting with my friend...

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East of the 5

Original Size: 16" x 12"

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Step Right Up

Original Size: 16" x 20"

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Not So Distant Shores

Original Size: 20" x 16"

Plein air from one of California’s other coasts Not too often do I paint from...

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Her View of the Canyon

Original Size: 20" x 16"

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Here Today, Gone Tomorrow

Original Size: 20" x 10"

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Vanishing Points

Original Size: 16" x 20"

There was a day back in July of 2018 that saw record breaking heat all...

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The Great Escape

Original Size: 20" x 10"

This was from a heat wave last July that saw temps in the 100’s at...

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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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Vaudevillian Cartoon

Original Size: 20" x 16"

Painted en plein air, summer of 2018Temperature at 10am: 92 degrees and stupidly humid. Vaudeville...

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