Friday, December 11, 2009



'FIGURE 36'   Nude Study
In this study with a live model, I was looking for her gesture and the quality of energy that she exudes. Even though she is relaxed, her legs looked as if they could spring to action. Like a tiger at rest. I used a technique of wiping out the lights from a wet layer of yellow ochre and then adding darker values and highlights back in.
Oil on board
11" X 14"
$200. until Jan 11 (after that contact artist for info)

Tuesday, December 08, 2009

'YELLOW PEAR'                                                                                       The pear and its reflection on the kitchen counter  caught my eye and so I spent the  morning with my paints and tried to re-create the sense of color and light.
5" X 7"
Oil on board
$100.


Sunday, December 06, 2009

'MEHER'                               Meher Baba                             The word Meher means compassion. This painting was created for a fundraiser to benefit a rural free clinic in a remote area of India. The clinic was established by Dr. Goher, a close disciple of Meher Baba. She devoted her life to Meher Baba both as his personal physician and through her work attending to the medical needs of the very poor villagers who came to the clinic. Although Dr. Goher has passed on, her clinic continues to serve in the loving way she established it, and relies on donations. Small donations go a very long way.

http://www.meherfund.org

14" X 18"

sold


Saturday, December 05, 2009

"MEHERANA ROAD' Landscape  Cathey's Valley, California
This was painted on location last spring in the late afternoon. When the sun is low the colors on the ridge across the road become a riot of oranges and reds. 
Oil on board, unframed

11" X 14"
$500. until Jan 15


Monday, November 30, 2009

'RED HILLS' Carquinez strait landscape
I was experimenting with inventing a composition using thicker paint, lots of color and working some with a palette knife. This was done during a workshop with Jerrold Turner- a wonderful painter and generous teacher.

9 "X 12"
Oil on linen covered hardboard

$150.

Sunday, November 29, 2009

ROCKS AND OCEAN

The Pacific Coast near Asilomar
I saw this view of the ocean from a sea-weedy bluff just south of Asilomar. The composition looks like a Chinese brush painting... I used to own some and looked at them at lot- so they influenced the way I saw this scene.
9" X 12"
Oil on linen covered board
$200.

Thursday, November 26, 2009

CLOUDS & WATER
This is the small quick painting I did after 'MAUVE CLOUDS'. The fog was rolling in over the horizon by then.
Oil on hardboard
5" X 7"
$100.