Chula Vista

This landscape clearly has a long way to go but it's coming along. It is the meadow on the mountain that is filled with wild irises every summer. We've had a lot of snow this year so it should be a real show come late June.

February Show

What? No picture???? This is a quick post to announce my show at the Work of Heart Gallery in Frazier Park. The gallery will be featuring one of its artists each month this year and I'm it this month. The show opens this Saturday, the 6th, from 11am to 4pm.
I've rounded up everything I have at hand, completing a couple of new ones, getting some framed and I astounded myself by pulling together 24 pieces! There is a range of large to small, watercolor and acrylic.
The show will be hanging throughout this month and the gallery hours are Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays, 11am- 3pm. The gallery is located at 3020 Johnson Rd, right behind the Coffee Cantina at the east end of town.

Quiet Waters

This landscape is finished. I feel apologetic to it for taking so long. August to the end of January! It is based on sketches and photos I took along the Ballynahinch River in County Galway, Ireland: one of the most beautiful places I have seen.

Landscape Revisited

It's time to dust this one off and finish it. It hit a roadblock some time ago (August, I believe) and got set aside, but now is the time to get it done. It's getting very close.

Rome Beauties and Lace Finished

Finished this one at last. I've been sidetracked far too long and getting this pulled together feels great. Huge amounts of snow here which always creates a whole different routine but now things are settling down.
This piece is acrylic on canvas, 9"x12".

Rome Beauties and Lace

Here's a new still life that is well begun. I wanted to get the apples done first since they will eventually lose their color and glow, even in this icebox of a studio.

Holiday Show

Last Saturday evening the Holiday Small Works show opened at Segil Fine Art Source gallery in Old Town Monrovia. It was a festive and very well attended show, with gallery owner Laura Segil presiding as gracious hostess. The art displayed was truly dazzling, with many of Southern California's best artists represented. I was honored to have three of my pieces included in the show, which will run through the end of the month.
Be sure to catch it if you are in the area, you'll be glad you did. Visit Segil's website here.