Small To Large

Original small painting, 5x7

I did this small painting a while back..last Winter I think. I always liked how it came out and while looking for some other painting I bumped into this one again. After looking at it for a few minutes I decided to try and use it as a reference for a much larger version. Originally it was painted in a vertical format but I wanted to try an do more of a horizontal/rectangle format. In the end I liked that larger version of the painting and was happy I tried to stay close to the look of the small painting. Too many changes would have made the larger one a totally different painting so I'm glad I stayed with what inspired the larger painting.

The smaller version shown with larger 24x30 painting

The larger painting went along really well and was finished alla prima in 3 hours. The only thing in the larger painting I really changed was lightening the grass and bush. I also added trunks and small branches to the bush this time. It's a nice typical fog clearing morning in the Santa Ynez valley.

Oak Trail

"Oak Trail"

5" X 7" Oil on Panel

Had to skip a small painting yesterday to work on a larger studio piece. I was too tired to work on one last night so I did this one this morning. I'm using the pink background mountains because I might have a larger commission to do for a collector based on those colors. More fun with oak trees! hahaha. I'm really enjoying the various colors you can paan oak tree with...lots of fun these little paintings.

$100.00

Hillside Eucalyptus

"Hillside Eucalyptus"

5"x7" Oil on panel

A little closer view of a "Euc". I like placing a nice tall vertical subject on a diagonal foreground such as this hillside. Honestly I think it comes from going camping with my family when I was a kid. My brother and I would go hiking away from the campsite wandering through large pinetrees in the San Gabriel mountains above Pasadena. Charlton Flats, Barton Flats, Chilao Campground...upper and lower...all very cool and familiar places of many moons ago.

$100.00