Portrait: Christian

Thanks for sitting for me Christian. The coconut drink was amazing.


Christian, 5"x7", oil on panel

Napa Valley Art Festival

It's official! I have been juried into the Napa Valley Art Festival again. It's on Saturday, August 15th 2009. I'm honored to be showing with, and learning from so many other great artists.

Location and directions:
The 2009 Napa Valley Art Festival will be hald on the Pavillion at V Marketplace
6525 Washington Street • Yountville-Napa Valley
Hwy 29 to the Yountville/Veterans Home exit
9 miles north of the City of Napa - 45 miles northeast of San Francisco

Sonoma Plein Air 2009

Sonoma Plein Air 2009 is coming up in May! I'll be painting up in Sonoma again for the week of May 4th. At the end of the week, Sat May 9th, everyone will show and sale the paintings they worked on during the week. It's always a pretty good time, and I'm really excited about all the spring colors this year.

Here's some photos from the last one:

Three Trees

Three Trees, 5"x7", oil on panel

Sonoma Reflections

36" x 48", oil on canvas

Orange Sky

I just added this little study to my bigcartel shop.


Orange Sky (study), 6" x 6", oil on panel

Small Works Shop

I've just added more pieces to my little shop. Check it out here.


Silent Day, 5"x7", oil on panel, available

Happy Birthday Abe

Green Green Field

Green Green Field, 11"x14", oil on panel

Fleeting Glimpse

Fleeting Glimpse, 24" x 24", oil on canvas

Blue Blue Sky

Blue Blue Sky, 9" x 12", oil on canvas

Meandering Sky

36"x36", oil on canvas

(Not the best photo... but you get the idea.)

Morning Will Come

16"x20", oil on panel

Amber Evening

I thought this was interesting. This painting took me over a year to finish. Between the time I started and when I finished, my style seems to have shifted...


Amber Evening (unfinished version)


Amber Evening, 30"x40", oil on linen, SOLD

On the drive from Sonoma to Petaluma

This is one of those farms that you pass on Stage Gulch Road between the Old Adobe Road and Lakeville Highway. The first one is a little study and the second is the more developed painting.


5"x7"


The End of the Road, 24"x36", oil on canvas

Red and Orange on Black

Red and Orange on Black, 18" x 24", oil on linen.

Film is Not Dead 2.0 - 35mm

More of my favorites from the workshop...

Finished Commissions

I just finished two commissioned pieces. Both are 48"x62", oil on canvas


Valley Ford


Golden Light

Waimea Beach

Antique Store Shopping - Sonoma County

iPhone panorama

Pigeon Point Lighthouse. Taken with my iPhone.