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Thursday, August 28, 2025

Art Resume

 2023

-SOCALPAPA Back Bay Plein Air Quick Draw-First Place 

-SOCALPAPA Sage and Sea Plein Air Quick Draw-Third Place

-Tustin Art League Art Walk Plein Air Contest-Peoples Choice Award

2024

-LPAPA 8" Squared Art Show

-Randy Higbee Gallery 6" Squared Art Show

-Cal Arts League Small Things Art Show-Honorable Mention

-Quorum Gallery Representation

-LPAPA Hibert paint out honorable mention

2025

-April Showcase Gallery Group Show

-May Showcase Gallery Group Show

-Kennedy Contemporary chosen for front

 window

-Paint San Clemente 2025 & quick draw

-Laguna Art.com Gallery June

-SOCALPAPA Back Bay Plein Air Quick Draw 1st place



Two A Days


Over the years there have been days when things just clicked.  Those are the best painting days.  All of the paintings in this post were days where it all just worked out.  It enabled me to create more than one finished piece that day.
There are so many things that can go wrong when you are painting outside.  Time is usually the toughest obstacle to overcome.
I paint larger than most artists when I am plein air painting.  All of these paintings are 24x24 or 24x36 inches.  I have to really be in a groove to get multiples done on site.  I do not take them home and work on them.



One of the ways I judge my painting is by how many good decisions in a row I can I make.  Every bad decision is a mistake that has to be corrected and that takes time.




I got to the point 2 years ago where I was striving to take my plein air painting to a higher level.  This led me to the decision to bring my work out more than one painting session.  This enabled me to get a deeper level of expression.
In the past it was more about how quickly could I get painting completed and capture the essence.  Now I am trying to push my skill beyond what could with just one session.













Wednesday, June 25, 2025

Addition by subtraction

588 square feet of plein air painting 

 Threw away 140 square feet of plein air paintings.

Sunday, June 1, 2025

100 No's

 The idea is to put yourself out there. How many "yes's do you get on your way to 100 no's?

Yes to Kennedy
Contemporary



No to Irvine 41
I did not get a reason other than there were a record number of entries. I entered 4 gouache paintings.






Sunday, April 27, 2025

Small Paintings

8x8 oil on gesso board
8x8 oil on gesso board
8x8 oil on gesso board
8x8 oil on gesso board
8x8 oil on gesso board
8x8 oil on gesso board
12x8 oil on gesso board
6x6 oil on gesso board

 6x6 oil on gesso board

Sunday, April 13, 2025

14 COLOR

 




















 My current pallet in oil:  I am using Gamblin paint now.  I was using Old Holland but it was just too expensive.

CADMIUM CHARTREUSE
CADMIUM YELLOW MEDIUM
CADMIUM LIEMON
INDIAN YELLOW
CADMIUM ORANGE
CADMIUM ORANGE DEEP
TRANSPARENT ORANGE
BROWN PINK
CADMIUM RED LIGHT
ALIZARINE PERMANENT
CADMIUM RED DEEP
QUINACRIDONE RED TRANSPARENT
QUINACRIDONE VIOLET
MAGANESE VIOLET
DIOXAZINE PURPLE
PRUSSIAN BLUE
COBALT BLUE
INDANTHRONE BLUE
CERALEAN BLUE
PLEHALO TURQUOISE
COBALT TEAL
RADIANT TURQUOISE
VIRIDIAN
PHTHALO EMERALD
SAP GREEN
PERMANENT GREEN LIGHT
CADMIUM LIGHT