another oldie

a small painting i did about a year ago, but never made it to the blog. oil on gessoed w/c paper, about 6x8". will do a new one for comparison.

sketches

undated sketches from sometime in the last year. graphite, printer paper.

cat, 3 views

sketchbook page.
graphite, 9x7"

manzanita lake, lassen park

another photo from the trip.

sketch

s king, a quickie.
graphite, 6x7" approx

pano 2

another 3 image panorama from lassen park. think it's lake shasta in the distance, not sure. it was an overcast day, or the sun would have been really bright reflecting off the snow.

lassen peak panorama

3 photos stitched together, just 1 spectacular view from lassen national park. this is mid-july, and the road has only been cleared for 2 weeks. elevation is around 8,500 ft here. Redding, at 500 ft elevation and 50 miles away is a baking 112 degrees. we were comfortable in shirtsleeves, about 75 degrees i'd guess.

the chocolate set

something of a family heirloom, "the chocolate set" was painted at my sister's, and given to my niece.
9x12" oil on panel

cabin in the pines

visit to my sister's house, like a dream come true. oil on linen approx 8x10"

evening pink finish

a happy finish, in person this has pretty good depth. 10x12" oil on raymar canvas panel

beach finish

by jove, i think i got it! brightened and tightened and delicious, i love my work! hope you enjoy.
oil on raymar canvas panel, 10x12".

beach

went to montana de oro state park, cool grays. good smell. lively sounds. the ocean is many senses delight. i forgot that i love it there!
this painting needs some work on the foreground; i am happy with the rest. 10x12" oil on raymar canvas panel.

evening pink

another from the lake, i see it needs some finishing.
oil on raymar cnavas panel. 10x12"

east end lake park.

need to do a little work on this yet, but it's better than the one i did from this location last year. it is gratifying to see improvement! 10x12" oil on raymar canvas panel.

grass and trees lake park

a productive day at the park, i did two in about 4 hours. 12x10" oil on raymar canvas panel.

kt drawing

my daughter katie at 14. graphite on paper 9x7"

jordan finish

it is somewhat difficult to get a good photo of this painting, glare and too many light values. looks better in person. (really!) "Jordan" 11x9.5" oil on linen

jordan 2

update. having trouble with so many light values.

jordan painting

giving it a try. 10.5x9" oil on linen

jordan drawing

have decided to do a painting of a little girl named jordan, a photo from wetcanvas' image library. first i did a drawing in graphite in the sketchbook.

girl in pastel

this is an unfinished portrait from a photo at wetcanvas' weekend drawing event. it was fun to use pastels for a change, i actually used some painting techniques on this which was new to me. 12x9" pastel on art spectrum soft umber paper.

malle babbe 4/final

'malle babbe', the witch of harlem, a copy of frans hals circa 1635. oil on raymar canvas panel, 12x10".

malle babbe 3

more done, probably one more day to go.