New Art to See!

Turning to the Sun
6 x 6

Radishes
6 x 6

Flying High
9 x 12

Trees & Shadows
16 x 20

The San Dieguito Art Guild is hosting a Mother's Day Art & Garden Tour over the weekend.   These new paintings are packed up for the show and ready to delight our guests.  The florals will make a perfect Mother's Day gift .... flowers that last forever!

Thinking of Van Gogh
16 x 20
Original Oil Painting

Amalia's Roses
11 x 14
Original Oil Painting

Lifeguard Station
8 x 8
Original Oil Painting

Some Like it Hot!
9 x 12
Original Oil Painting

Golden Pear
8 x 10
Original Oil Painting

In San Diego the afternoon skies are typically clear blue.   Not in the Sierras.   There you get skies full of big puffy clouds all day.   This was one of those days where the mountains meet the clouds call your name ... 

Cloudy Day
8 x 10'
Oil on Canvas

Sunset on Tom

This week the sunsets in Encinitas have been spectacular with soft pastel pinks, purples and blue over the ocean.   Another place that can get a wide spectrum of colors is a mountainside at sunrise and sunset.   I painted this small "Sunset on Tom I" from a photo taken near Bishop, CA.

Sunset on Tom I
9 x 12" Oil on Canvas

I was inspired to paint this again - but this time in a large format.   The second painting is three feet by four feet.   It is the largest painting I have attempted and I found it a very different (at times difficult) process.    The smaller painting will be on display at OffTrack Gallery in August and September.   The larger one is too large to fit in my allotted gallery space!   Enjoy the sunsets.

Sunset on Tom II
36 x 48" Oil on Canvas

Painting at Cardiff State Beach ... aka Suckouts

I went painting on the beach in Cardiff two times this August.   While I was standing in the exact same spot the color is quite different.   Day One we were there in the morning and Day Two in the afternoon.   This is a nice place to paint if you are looking north since there is a picnic table conveniently located at the end of the cul-de-sac to hold supplies!   Quite a treat when outdoors.  I hope to paint there again before the month is over.   Stay tuned!

Cardiff Reef Day One
9 x 12
Oil on Panel

Cardiff Reef Day Two
9 x 12
Oil on Canvas

Workshop with Toni Williams

In June I took a 2 day workshop with Toni Williams.   She was a marvelous teacher as well as a kind & generous person.   I learned a lot.   These were the two results of the week!   If you get a chance she is definently an instructor not to miss!

Lake Hodges
8 x 10
Oil on Panel

Lazy Afternoon
9 x 12
Oil on Panel

Outdoors in San Diego!

When I wasn't painting at the beach, my painting friends from Mira Costa College landscape class with Kris were trooping about!   These are in various states of being completed - my goal was not the finished product but rather the process of completing a painting within one setting.    Sometimes it was time to go before I was really done!




Olivenhain Bachelor's Quarters
8 x 10"
Oil on Canvas



Oceanside Mission
8 x 10"
Oil on Canvas
 



Magee Park
8 x 10"
Oil on Canvas

A Swami's Summer of Painting!

 This summer I painted at Swami's beach in Encinitas on four different days.   I have posted these in chronilogical order hoping to see the changes over time - seeing more and seeing better.   Painting outdoors is still a challenge to me!





Swami's I
6 x 8"
Oil on Panel

 

Swami's II
8 x 10"
Oil on Canvas
 

Swami's III
8 x 10"
Oil on Canvas



Swami's IV
8 x 10"
Oil on Canvas
 

 







San Elijo Lagoon

My Friday painting class is well over but a small group of us have continued to meet to either draw or paint.   This painting was done last Friday near North Rios in Solana Beach in the San Elijo lagoon.   It was a beautiful late afternoon and we not only enjoyed painting but enjoyed seeing one of our artist's lovely home near by.   Thank you!

 

San Elijo Lagoon
6 x 8 Oil on Canvas

These paintings were done in my Friday painting class at Mira Costa College taught by Kris N.    Kris is a great instructor who always finds something constructive and inspirational about each painting done in class.   Today was our final critique and I will surely miss my Friday painting!

Study of Bierstadt Looking Up Yosemite Valley
16x20
Oil on Canvas

Greek Orthodox Church
8x10
Oil on Canvas Panel



Carlsbad Fields
9x12
Oil on Canvas

Back of the Water Mill Cottage

How I would love to spend the summer in a little cottage in France!   This is a building still standing in France built for Marie Antoinette as part of a model village.

Difficult to paint a building where you can see so much detail and reduce it!

6" x 6" oil on panel

Palm Near the Tracks

Plein Air painting is one of the hardest things I have ever tried.   That is probably why it has been over a year since I have attempted it!   Last week my painting group ventured out between Hwy 101 and the Del Mar Race Track.    The train tracks were on one side of us - the Coaster whizzing by - and the horse track on the other.   It was a gloomy socked in day at the beach so our outing for beach and waves was thwarted.  It may be another year before I venture out again!  

Palm Near the Tracks 6 x 6 Oil on Panel