Hillside Bouquet

"Hillside Bouquet"

6" X 8" Oil on Canvas
Winter naturally brings on thoughts of Spring so I suppose that's where the thought process began for this piece. A gentle hillside meadow covered with random Spring flowers, some green left in the grasses before Summer takes over. A very common sight along the mountainsides of the valley here.

"Lupine Afternoon"

18" X 36" Oil on Canvas
Worked on this large one over the weekend. Good idea too since it rained this weekend and not much was going to get done in the way of yardwork. The Fall leaves are everywhere and I need to mulch! I kept the lighting low trying to promote the highlights at the tops of the trees as they caught the late afternoon sun. This was a very nice painting to work on.

Lupine and Oak

"Lupine and Oak"

5" X 7" Oil on Panel

A study using some colors I tend to enjoy using quite a bit. I like nice rich dark greens and ochres. The distant mountain is a very nice greyed down violet which even though it isn't a large area on the canvas it really intensifies the depth in this little painting. I'm starting to find the challenge of painting a large scene in a very small canvas pretty fun.

Lupine and Poppies

"Lupine and Poppies"

5" x 7" Oil on panel

Spring along the Central coast of California brings an abundance of lupine and California poppies. These wildflowers grow along the hillsides and valleys giving color to the landscape and drive artists and photographers into a frenzy. The Santa Ynez valley gets it's share of these beautiful small plants which are always fun to capture on the canvas.

$100.00