This is my favorite bit of Land's End, San Francisco, which I return to every time I can't think of something to draw or paint.
Paintings
Tiny STUDIO Gallery Entries
The following are submissions for the Tiny show at STUDIO Gallery. Continue to Tiny STUDIO Gallery Entries
Ugly Mug
Self portrait. This was an exploration of how big a workpiece I could get watercolors pencils to cover. Continue to Ugly Mug
Shirt Still Life
Still life of a shirt. Another exploration of pushing watercolor pencils on a larger scale Continue to Shirt Still Life
12th Anniversary Card
After creative sessions with Robin drawing and painting monsters, I decided that she should have a monster for every year of being married to a monster
Land’s End Path Group
Land’s End path done in oils, charcoal and conté Continue to Land’s End Path Group
Al
Al’s High School portrait Continue to Al
Black and White Gérôme Study
A black and white oil paint study using a photograph of the 19th century painter Jean-Léon Gérôme. Continue to Black and White Gérôme Study
The Kind Registry Hydrangeas
Multi-purpose images Hydrangea illustrations for the website The Kind Registry.
A Middle Eastern Conversation
Every five years or so politics seem to impress upon me to venture back to thinking upon the regions many woes
Land’s End Cypress
Monterey cypress in Land’s End Continue to Land’s End Cypress
Sutro Heights Cypress
Larger-scale watercolor of a cypress stretching over a path in Sutro Heights Park Continue to Sutro Heights Cypress
Land’s End Path – Traditional
An oil of a Land’s End path done in a traditionally representative manner. Continue to Land’s End Path – Traditional
Eastern Bakery Grant and Commercial
Watercolor pencils on paper. Corner of Grant and Commercial in San Francisco's Chinatown
Land’s End Path – Abstracted
Oil of a Land’s End path Continue to Land’s End Path – Abstracted
Abstract Painting Based on Shadow Patterns
This is an acrylic painting where the intersecting shapes are based on the traced shadows of objects falling over the canvas. Continue to Abstract Painting Based on Shadow Patterns
Reader with Cat
Abstracted person reading with a cat. I don’t know why I wrote that but I like “abstracted person”. It’s staying. Continue to Reader with Cat
Flowers Still Life
Still life of iris flowers in a turquoise vase with a gold picture frame in the background. Continue to Flowers Still Life
Crazy Chickens 2 – An Allegory
A second painting based on Mexican masks. This one is an allegory of an acquaintance that talked more than necessary… Continue to Crazy Chickens 2 – An Allegory
Crazy Chickens 1
The first of two paintings based on Mexican masks. The challenge was to take an object, in this case a mask, and transform the meaning of the object by creating a new context. Continue to Crazy Chickens 1