Sunlit Pepper

This was a bad attempt at a great subject. I will reattempt using my current oil painting technique. 

Under developed back ground.

Get each part right before moving on.

Color and shape poorly articulated.

 

Trying to paint subject over thick dried paint with thin paint...wrong.

I am not sure when I started but I remember the lessons were harsh. I thought this was going to be an amazing painting. I look forward to doing this right.

Sam Robinson Award

 As I participate in more events, I have begun to get recognized for my art more frequently. I will be honest here. I like to win awards. 

I just completed participating in the SOCALPAPA Back Bay Show.  I was selected as the winner of the Frank Robinson Award for Best Back Bay Painting. I think it is the most meaningful award that I have received. 

To receive an award that represents the foundational efforts by the Robinson family to protect the Back Bay from development is the greatest honor. Protecting this land or any land is a core belief that I value.

Bay Watch was my plein air painting the received the Robinson Award for the Best Painting of the Back Bay.

Back Bay Quick Draw

 

Back Bay Overlook

Back Bay Overlook 20x20 soft pastel over a watercolor underpainting.

It was a moody and tropical morning

 

100 No's

 The idea is to put yourself out there by trying to get in so many events you get 100 "No's"

KENNEDY CONTEMPORARY-YES

IRVINE 41-NO

These were the 4 gouache I submitted to IRVINE 41-NO

BACK BAY 2025 QUICK DRAW 1st place-YES

TUSTIN PLEIN AIR 2025 did not place-NO

FESTIVAL OF THE ARTS -NO

These were the 5 pastels I submitted for the Festival of the Arts for 2026-NO

LPAPA SQUARED 2025 YES/NO

YES

NO

DESERT PLEIN AIR 2026-YES

SOCALPAPA Omnivision Art Across Boundaries 2026-YES 1st place Scapes

ART A FAIR-YES

LPAPA Frank Cuprien for the Love of the Sea

Santa Cruz Art League 95th California Landscape Exhibition-Yes

LPAPA Dusk till Dawn Yes

PASTEL SOCIETY OF THE WEST COAST 99 VOICES-YES

 BACK BAY PLEIN AIR SHOW-YES Sam Robinson Award Best Painting of the Back Bay

Back Bay Quick Draw-No did not place

CAC Excellence in  Traditional Fine Art Painting "In the Open Air"

BIG BEAR PLEIN AIR-YES

RALPH LOVE PLEIN AIR-YES