A Combination of Forms

Friday, January 30, 2015

Venice Beach Canals

I spent the last weekend painting the Venice Canals with a few friends, truly a great experience! I hope to make it one of my regular painting locations.

"Canal with painter"

oil on panel

"Canal with palms"

oil on panel

Olive trees

"olive tree study"

oil on panel

"Olive tree with fountain"

oil on panel

New Paintings

Here are a few paintings from the last month.

"Palms"

oil on canvas

"Garlic"

oil on canvas

"hollywood study"

oil on canvas

"hollywood study"

oil on canvas

Thursday, January 8, 2015

2015 paintings!

Ironically my last painting of 2014 was in Humboldt County, and my first painting of 2015 was a palm tree. Forward Ever!

"coastline"

oil on panel

2014

"Palm"

oil on canvas

2015

"View from Barnsdall park"

oil on canvas

2015

"Palms at Echo Park"

oil on panel

2015

"Santa Monica Pier"

oil on canvas

2015

Figurative Work

I began to refocus on Figurative work in 2014, stay tuned for some drawings, and new figurative work this year!

"head study"

oil on canvas

"head study after Velasquez"

oil on canvas

2014 Paintings

Here are some paintings from 2014!

Lacey and I at Arlington gardens in Pasadena.

"Pepper Tree"

oil on canvas

"flag"

mixed media on canvas

"still life"

oil on panel

"griffith observatory"

oil on canvas

"griffith observatory"

oil on panel

"nocturne"

oil on canvas

"Mini palms"

oil on paper

"peaches"

oil on canvas

"persimmon"

oil on cardboard

"San Gabriel mountains"

oil on panel

"Santa Monica Pier"

oil on canvas

"Skyline"

oil on canvas

Florals

"lilies"

oil on panel

"floral"

oil on canvas

"floral"

oil on canvas

"floral study"

oil on cardboard

Wednesday, January 7, 2015

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year! I will try to get the blog updated, lots of new paintings and drawings so stay tuned!

"palette"

oil on paper

12"x16"

Wednesday, October 8, 2014

New Paintings!

"Hollywood"

"Los Angeles-Skyline"

"Los Angeles-Sunset"

Three new plein air paintings all are oil on panel 12"x24"

William Mulholland Memorial

A few weeks ago my friend sean took me to this fountain in Griffith Park, it was a nice relaxing haven in the middle of Los Angeles!

"William Mulholland Memorial Fountain"

oil on panel

20"x20"

Works on paper

I have been experimenting with different paper grounds, I must say I love the feel!

"palm study"

oil on paper

4"x8"

Plumeria

Down here the streets bloom with plumeria!

"plumeria #1"

oil on canvas

6"x6"

"plumeria #2"

oil on paper

4"x8"

Mixed Media

Here are a few mixed media pieces.

"untitled #1"

mixed media on linen

24"x24"

"untitled #2"

latex paint on paper

15"x24"

"look closer"

mixed media on paper

23"x30"

BIAA First Group Exhibition

Here is the postcard for the upcoming show.

If you are in Los Angeles I hope to see you there! This is one of the three paintings I will be showing.

"Los Angeles Skyline"

oil on panel

12"x20"

Wednesday, October 1, 2014

Hello I hope the fall is going well for everyone! I am pleased to announce that I have been included in a local art group, Beloved In Art Association, and our first group exhibition will be on October 24th. Feel free to browse the groups website, I will post details and a poster as they come!
website: BIAA