Chino Hills Project

Tree Along the Road

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This painting is done with soft pastel on pastel card and measures 23"x29".  This painting is from a hike I took around last December in the Chino Hills State Park.  I really liked the atmospheric perspective in this painting as well as the values and color.  I wished I had done more with the tree and the large hills in the background.  I really connected with the scene and will paint this again in the future.

Field in August

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This painting is done on pastel card with a variety of soft pastels and measures 29"x22".  This painting is done from a hike through the Chino Hills State Park behind the Green River Golf Course.  It was a blazing late summer morning.  This Sycamore tree stands over the gate entering the park from the south.  This painting is currently showing at the Village Art Center in Fullerton.  My show opened on 11/5/2010 and is a group show.  It will run through the end of December.  Village Art Center Art Walk 11/10-3/11.  This painting was shown at the Brea Gallery in The Light of Day show from 8/6/11-9/16/11.

Last Light Chino Hills

This painting is a view of north Orange County from the Chino Hills State Park.  This area is also know as Coyote Hills because of the large population of coyotes that have inhabited the area.  These hills run from the edge of LA County across the top of Orange County before the reach the edge of the Cleveland National Forest.