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Current Archive: Santa Cruz 2016

Painting the California Coast: Volume One

Perfect from Afar

Original Size: 20" x 16"

One of the last paintings from recent Santa Cruz trip. This is the California I...

A Pleasant Arrangement

Original Size: 20" x 16"

He was sitting out on his porch that afternoon. The day was getting late but...

Lost in the Shuffle

Original Size: 20" x 16"

Sometimes I find myself painting subjects that are a bit more involved than I’d like,...

No Rancho

Original Size: 16" x 12"

Have you ever tried to touch your nose with your eyes closed, while sitting in...

Slot Machine

Original Size: 20" x 16"

Line after lineAnd jewel upon jewelThese beams of lightBearing weightAs well as witnessTo our memoriesLost...

Wedding Chapel in the Church of the Open Sky

Original Size: 20" x 16"

Silent Conversations: Long Departed

Original Size: 20" x 16"

I’ve heard this site was one of the oldest human settlements in North America. Long...

Quiet Water

Original Size: 12" x 12"

To be honest, Santa Cruz stresses me out a bit. Crazy, crazy place… but I...

For Miles and Miles

Original Size: 20" x 16"

The last plein air painting from last months trip. (18 paintings, 12 days, 1 parking...

This Spot is Gone But You’re Still Here

Original Size: 20" x 16"

I’d heard about a homegrown skatebowl on some farmer’s field overlooking this coast for years....

Protected

Original Size: 16" x 12"

Latest from my Free Range: Santa Cruz painting tour. There’s coves like this all over...

Home Renovation

Original Size: 12" x 12"

Bunches of quail, several deer, otters, and even a fox on the beach. They were...

I May Not Play the Fiddle, But I Was on the Roof

Original Size: 20" x 16"

Pretty stoked to paint this one from a rooftop today. Seriously, why paint in a...

Losing his Mind While I Lost the Plot

Original Size: 16" x 12"

After several long days of painting I sometimes hit a wall. Pushing through it where...

Everybody Has Been Burned

Original Size: 20" x 16"

Fire creptOver the mountainWe saw it from townAfter dinner last night Smoke driftingOut to seaThis...

There Used to be Two

Original Size: 20" x 16"

When I rolled up to paint here I was thinking it would be a simple...

Prior to the Fire

Original Size: 20" x 16"

Painted this on location on my first day in town on this trip. This was...

Redgate Ranch Afternoon

Original Size: 16" x 12"

Quick afternoon sketch of the scene here. Gonna get weird with some live art after...