Laguna Palms

 This painting is done on velour paper and measures 19.75"x27.5". Another classic vista from one of my many field trips to my favorite beach.

Petunias

This pastel painting is done on velour paper and measures 27.5"x19.75". The intensity of the color in these flowers was amazing. This is from a field trip to Roger's gardens ( a great nursery in Newport Beach Ca.)

Laguna Rocks

This pastel painting is done on velour paper and measures 27.5"x19.75". I came across this view as I was hiking from one cove to the next in north Laguna. In the distance you can see the main beach and the Hotel Laguna.

Carbon Canyon

This pastel painting is done on velour paper and measures 27.5"x19.75". The hills in the canyon were filled with low hanging fog that was starting to burn off. The Live Oaks growing along the road on this ranch were what appealed to me.

East of Lahaina

This pastel painting measures 27.5"x19.75" and is done on velour paper. This picture was taken while driving to the airport on my last day in Maui. We were just leaving Lahaina and my wife was concerned that we were going to get into a car accident.

Mexican Primrose

This pastel painting is done on velour paper and measures 27.5"x19.75". I saw a field with a bunch of these growing in it and I had to stop and take some pictures. It was a late summer twilight and the shadows were long.

Steamboat Springs Farmhouse II

This pastel painting is done on velour paper and measures 27.5"x19.75". The texture of the trees and the clouds were my inspiration for this painting.

Sunset from Papawai Point

This pastel painting is done on velour paper and measures 27.5"x19.75". We were heading to the Maui Airport and had just turned the corner on the highway heading east when there was a dramatic change in the lighting. A minute before we were heading due south and it was sunny-the next we were surrounded by these dark clouds. I took this picture with my camera hanging out the window while driving.

Dahlia

Here is a floral from my garden. It measures 27.5"x19.75" and is done on velour paper.

Pepper Trees

This pastel painting is done on velour paper and measures 27.5"x19.75". The texture of the hanging leaves and the grass with the shadows is what caught my attention for this landscape.

Rocks at Kapalua Bay

This pastel painting is done on velour paper and measures 27.5"x19.75". While we were staying in Maui I had the good fortune to walk out onto this point several times. The volcanic rock worn away by the ocean created a change in my work. I found myself more focused on value and less on color from this painting on.

Onola Bay

This pastel painting is done on velour paper and measures 27.5"x19.75". This is a painting done from a photo from my recent trip to Maui. It had just rained and the sun was coming out when I saw this amazing tree.

Steamboat Springs Farmhouse I

This pastel painting is done on velour paper and measures 27.5"x19.75". The open vistas and the sense of distance in both the land and the sky were what drew me to this subject.

Laguna Beach

This pastel painting measures 27.5"x19.75" and is done on velour paper. This painting is from a trip I made in early spring when the sun made everything crisp.  SOLD in the collection of Don and Doris Jones

Morning Pines

This painting is done on velour paper and measures 27.5"x19.75". This landscape is by my old home in La Habra. I was taken by the shadows and the pines that were leaning as if by a heavy wind.

Honokohau

This pastel painting is done on velour paper and measures 27.5"x19.75". The desert side of Maui along the coast was where I found the "Agave" looking plants.

Santa Ana River

This pastel painting is done on Sennelier La Carte pastel board and measures 25"x19".

Sunset toward Molokia

This pastel painting is done on velour paper and measures 27.5"x19.75". I find sunsets amazing even if they are a bit cliche. This one grabbed me because of the way that the clouds, the island, and water all seemed to blend together.