Dogpatch Afternoon

So, I am happy today because I made my first sale form the new studio. “Dogpatch Afternoon” was one of the 4 paintings I finished while at San Onofre in June. A good friend and teaching partner, Christine Wood was meeting me in the studio today to discuss...

Blue Sky Art Center

So, if you’ve been watching my blog for any length of time, you would have heard me dreaming of the day when I could open an art center where a generous amount life and creativity would flow.  I am compelled to help myself and others to have eyes to see and a...

Limonera Way

I am so glad to be back in the groove after getting moved into my new studio. The SCIART Studios have so much energy. I hope to see many new faces wondering through the studios now that we have all come together into one place.  Not since my college days have I been...

Two for the Show

While spending a week soaking up the sun, making new friends and eating sparsely from my ice chest, I also painted at the San Onofre surf beach. I want to share one of the images here called “Two for the Show.” When I asked Jack, my VW man what year the...

My El Matador Morning

The View Through — 8″x10″ Oil on Birch Board The Ventura County chapter of the California Art Club hosted their monthly paint-out at El Matador State Beach this morning. I know… its LA County, but whateveh! I think I was the first one there at 9am,...

Wonderment

Here is the text from my speech today at the annual Arts Council of the Conejo Valley board installation… ———- The Arts – That is what we are a council of. The Arts Council of the Conejo Valley. We are “The VOICE of the Arts”....

1980 Schwinn Typhoon Beach Cruiser

Well, I finally finished a small project that I have been wanting to do for a long while. Back around 1980 Dad bought a couple of beach cruisers and brought them home. I am not exactly sure why, but there they were and they were so cool to have around. When I went to...

Beach run

The other day my son and I changed the shocks on the bus. I drove to the coast for a test drive and a cigar. OMG… what a difference! She corners soooo much better. As I was passing the strawberry and cabbage fields in Camarillo I was thinking… It makes me...

The Beach Hat

A hot summer day under the pier in Huntington Beach, CA. I was trying to capture a photo of the beautiful shadows, when this young woman stepped right in front of me. A bit hurried, she grabbed her hat, and then dashed of to her destination. I shot the photo and said...