A Day at China Cove

A Day at China Cove acrylic 16" x 20"

 

Streamline

Streamline acrylic on canvas 40" x 30" 

This painting was just in the California State Fair Fine Arts Competition and received an Award of Excellence.

Joshua Tree No. 6

Joshua Tree No. 6 acrylic on paper 11" x 15"

This is the last of the 2008 Joshua Tree paintings.

Joshua Tree No. 5

Joshua Tree No. 5 acrylic on paper 15" x 11"

Another Joshua Tree from 2008.

Joshua Tree No. 4

Joshua Tree No. 4 acrylic on paper 10.25" x 15.25"

Continuing the 2008 Joshua Tree series.

Joshua Tree No. 3

Joshua Tree No. 3 10.25" x 15" acrylic on paper

Another in the 2008 series.

Joshua Tree No. 2

Joshua Tree No. 2  acrylic on paper 11.5" x 13.25"

Again, from 2008. I'll be posting several from this series. Sometimes I forget work that I've done and that's the case with these.

Joshua Tree No. 1

Joshua Tree No. 1  acrylic on paper 11.5" x 13.25"

This painting is from 2008.

Merced River, Yosemite

Merced River, Yosemite acrylic on board 8" x 10"

We're using this on our Christmas card.

Reading

Reading oil on canvas 18" x 24"

I painted this as a birthday gift for my wife Kathy. Usually as an anniversary or birthday gift she'll receive a painting that is an experiment or one-off from me, so she kind of acts as a trial balloon audience for me. In this case, however, she had a specific request which is the painting you see here. Some of the paintings Kathy has received in the past:

33 acrylic on canvas 24" x 30" 2005

34 acrylic on canvas 16" x 20" 2006

Don Pedro Oak acrylic on canvas 16" x 20" 2007

Bloody Mountain acrylic on canvas 16" x 20" 2007

Bob and Kathy oil on canvas 18" x 24" 2008

You'll notice the range of content, styles and technique. The two non-objective paintings, 33 and 34, are an integral part of a larger group of non-objective paintings. Besides representational work, I love doing abstract and non-objective art. I don't plan on including much of that here and instead may do a separate blog to discuss that work.

The other works, as I mentioned, are trials at styles or techniques that I've been thinking about. Sometimes I decide once is enough. This may be the case with the techniques involved in the two landscapes, which became fairly tedious for me.