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. 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.

SOCALPAPA Quick Draw

1st place=yes

Tustin Plein Air

Did not place = no

Festival of Arts

These are the five plein air pastels that I submitted for the Festival of the Arts in Laguna.

No I was not juried in.

LPAPA Squared

Yes

no

QUORUM November

DESERT PLEIN AIR 2026 yes

SOCALPAPA Omni Vision 2026 yes

Art A Fair 2026 yes

LPAPA For the Love of the Sea Frank Cuprien 2026 yes

99 Voices 2026 yes

Santa Cruz Art League 95th California Landscape Exhibition 2026 yes

LPAPA Dusk till Dawn

Shaw's Cove

Shaw's Cove in Laguna is super under the radar beach. It has a small inconspicuous entrance. It is a small beach with stunning views both North and South. When I arrived the sun was barely able to peek through the moist fog rolling atop the surf. That deep smell of the ocean's creation was better than any perfume.
 

99 Voices

 Tides Out 24x36 plein air pastel on board.

Black Star Canyon 24x36 plein air pastel on board. These are my entries for the 99 voices show for Pastel Society of the West Coast.

Heisler Park

 This painting is painted from a spot I paint at a lot.  It has this amazing view and feeling.  It never gets old.  As much as it is the same it is different every time I paint it. I could paint this every day and not get tired of it.  There are so many interesting things to focus on in this one vista. It is always revealing. Heisler Park gouache on paper 22x30 on hot press watercolor paper.

Dusk at Heisler

 30x22 Gouache on Arches Hot Press

Iris

 Iris oil on paper 22x30 

Day Lillies

 This painting was done with only paint knives.  This is part of a challenge I set for myself back in December. To paint 100 oil paintings on paper with no medium and only paint knives.  The purpose was to grow my oil painting skills and to learn how to paint with paint knives which I bought a couple of years ago.  This painting measures 22x30 inches.

For The Love of the Sea

Sunset Cliffs 22x30 oil on paper.  This painting was a finalist for the LPAPA "Love of the Sea" a tribute to Frank Cuprien a founding member of the Laguna Art Club. It was very exciting to be selected for this show because of the competition to be selected.

 "Heisler Sunset was selected as a semifinalist.  There were a total of 325 entries with a selection of 32 for the show in the gallery and an additional 28 semi finalists that were in the online show.

Me and my painting...

The judges for the show were the Director of the Laguna Art Museum Julie Perlin Lee, President of LPAPA Toni Kellenberg, and master impressionist Michael Situ. Thank you judges!