'SASHA'

I have been painting mostly from life for a few years, so it was interesting to apply what I have learned about color, light and form to painting from a photographic source.
She has such a sassy personality!

Oil on canvas panel

12" X 16"

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'GOOSE POOP PARK'

This was done on location at an estuary in Monterey, CA. The water was very green and the surrounding land was ripe with goose droppings.

Oil on masonite panel

9" X 12"

CARMEL RIVER LAGOON

This is a bird sanctuary where the lagoon runs through sand dunes to the sea. This was done quickly, with high wind and a large flock of seagulls practicing take-offs and landings. I put this in the opening show of Fingado Art Gallery, which opens tonight, for the gallery walk on Stockton St, in El Cerrito- 7-10 p.m.


Oil on canvas

9" X 12"

MONTEREY PINE

I painted this amazing tree on the grounds of Asilomar in Pacific Grove, California. This was my second trip there to be part of 'the artists round table'. A very affable group of artists share a lodge, and have evening critiques there for a week in June, and its been going for about 30 years.
The numbers of these particular pine trees seem to be dwindling. I haven't learned if it is just the normal end of their life cycle, or a result of climate change.

11" X 14"

Oil on panel

'LEMON BOWL'

These were unusually large Meyer lemons given to us by a friend. They are somewhat sweet and best picked from local trees, and they make wonderful lemon curd. I like the deep yellow color with this blue bowl.

Oil on board

6" X 6"

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Figure 21'

The model created an interesting headdress out of a diaphanous pink fabric, so I focussed on painting her head and upper body.


Oil on board
9" X 12"

'PAIR OF CHERRIES'

I found this little frame a long time ago and finally painted a painting to fit it.

Overall 5" X 7"

Oil on doorskin (Wood)

FIGURE STUDY 20
I have painted this model many times now. We asked for a pose with prominent hands and feet, a nice challenge.

Oil on hardboard

9" X 12"

'RED POPPIES'

These volunteers were growing in the garden, so I put a few in an old Chinese bottle. This is an alla prima painting- done quickly, in one session.

Oil on maple

5" X 7"

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'FIGURE 19'

I enjoyed this model, a young dancer. She had wonderful musculature, coloring and intensity.

Oil on maple

6" X 8"

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'CAT & KITTEN'

I noticed these little porcelain cats on my shelf and thought it would be nice to paint them in honor of mothers day. Happy Mother's Day!

Oil on maple

5" X 7"

CITRUS BOWL

I liked the quirky way my husband balanced the oranges in this glass bowl and the way the morning light played on the surfaces.

Oil on maple

6" X 8"

BUTTERFLY ON GINKO LEAF

This butterfly was found on a morning walk up Moeser hill. I carried it in my palm and on the way down I picked a fresh green ginko leaf. When I got home I set the butterfly on the leaf and because of the ginko's surface it sat right up as if it had sprung back to life.

Oil on maple

5" X 7"

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FIGURE 17

I had been longing to try a back pose and this model had such lovely coloring.

Oil on wood panel

6"X 8"

FIGURE 16

I started this two session painting with a layer of burnt sienna over a gray prime, then used a wipe out technique and went back into it with more lights and darks. I liked it too well to add more color, so during the second session I just made refinements. Yoshio is such a great model.

Oil on canvas

'TWO BUTTERFLIES'

I found a dead Monarch butterfly on the pavement of a parking lot, so I took it home to paint. Later that week, when gardening, I dug up a rusty butterfly hinge. Synchronicity! I find it interesting to paint two objects in small still lives. It invites comparisons. Is there as much beauty in a rusty hinge as a butterfly?



Oil on Maple

5" X 7"

FIGURE STUDY 13

Oil on Canvas

11" X 14"

'FIGURE STUDY 12'

This study was done in two sessions with the model. She enjoyed the opulent purple sari surrounding her.

Oil on canvas

12" X 18"

FIGURE STUDY 11

Just completed this figure study last week. The young artist/model has an affinity for Mucha and Art Nouveau which she embodies in her poses.

Oil on masonite

11" X 14"

ELLEN AS BLUE BOY

Happy 50th Birthday to Ellen Degeneres, January 26,2008

8"X10"

Oil on Canvas

'WE ATE THE ECLAIR'

I bought an eclair and some take-out Chinese dinner. I was going to paint the eclair the next day, but we ate it, so I painted the fortune cookie instead. My friend offered me some little plastic critters for models. I liked the snake.

Oil on primed maple

5"X 7"

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VIEW FROM BENICIA

I painted this view of the hills across the Carquinez Strait in Benicia on a recent Sunday morning.

11" X 14"

Oil on canvas mounted on masonite

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EGRET AT MILLER/KNOX PARK

I'm still trying to get better at painting en plein aire. I worked on site for a few hours and completed the painting with some digital shots back in the studio. The egret came and posed for awhile. Using an empty slide jacket for a view finder is helping me to better frame the composition.

9" X 12"

Oil on canvas

'RECLINING FIGURE/RED'


Oil on primed 1/2" wood panel

'CARQUINEZ BRIDGE FROM MARE ISLAND'


This view of the Carquinez Bridge with Mount Diablo is seen from the South side of Mare Island, a former Military base. There are astounding views of Marin, Contra Costa and Napa counties from one vantage point. I attended my first 'paint-out' there this weekend with a plein-aire group from Benicia. I loved it, although I am still finding my way with landscape painting.

Oil on canvas

14" X 18"

'SOLVEIG IN KIMONO'

Oil on board

11" X 14"

PAIR

Oil on maple

5"X 7"

BODEGA BAY II

Another view from the Inn in Bodega Bay. The land forms a practically enclosed bay in which pelicans, ducks, sea gulls, and seals frolic. We also discovered a wonderful little gallery that was showing the paintings of 1950's Disney animator, Joshua Meador. http://www.BBHGallery.com

Oil on maple

6"X6"

BODEGA BAY

This is the view from an inn in Bodega Bay on the Sonoma County coast of California that we like to get away to.

Oil on maple

5"X 7"

ROCOCCO LEAF

I came across this leaf on a walk in Golden Gate Park on Sunday morning. I placed it in my little chiaroscuro set up to see how the light plays on its crackly surface and through its transparent greens and golds.

Oil on canvas

5" X 7"

'PAMPAS GRASS'

There was a row of tall pampas grass swaying in the breeze along the Bay Trail. I brought one home to paint this still life in the alla prima (all at once) method. I needed a change from painting in layers.

Oil on Canvas

5"X7"

'LITTLE PUMPKIN'

I brought this little pumpkin home from El Cerrito Natural Grocery and set it on the table in place of the cone shell to see how Rembrandt's chiaroscuro lighting effect would work on it's surface.

6" X6"

Oil on maple

THE WHITE JACKET

This is a figure study of Stephanie in her white leather jacket. This was a one session pose, so I painted it in browns, blacks, and whites on a gray ground.

Oil on primed masonite

11" X 11" (had to clip the left side to fit on scanner)

'CONE SHELL, AFTER REMBRANDT'

I recognized this in a shell shop, from a Rembrandt etching, and so brought it home to make a painting. With a copy of the Rembrandt etching to look at, I was able to approximate the angle of light and shadow. I learned how the light was set up to glance off of the top edge of the shell while showing the swirl side in half-light, but most of the shell was actually in darkness. His etching reversed the cone and swirl direction, but the signature was added to read correctly. Rembrandt's etching- http://www.rijksmuseum.nl

Oil on Maple
5"X 7"

"SAWOOEI NAPKIN"

This artfully folded napkin is from Sawooei Thai Cuisine, my favorite El Cerrito restaurant. My painter's radar noticed these beauties on the purple tablecloths, so I asked to borrow one to add to my take-out!

Oil on maple
6" X 6"

'JAZZ ROSE'

I was listening to 'morning cup of jazz' on the FM, while painting this pink rose from the garden. I found myself immersed in the rose's world of edges, turns and transparent light.

6" X 6'

Oil on maple

JUDITH WITH WINE

Oil on masonite panel

In this painting I was concentrating on the overall composition, so that the figure is not isolated or extracted from her surroundings.



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MERAV WITH ROBE

Merav is one of my favorite artist/models to work with. She has physical vitality which
translates as potential energy, even in her quiet poses.

Oil on masonite

'ANCIENT GLASS'

I was taken with these tiny 'free blown' glass artifacts from around 400 b.c. I took some photos of them at the Legion in San Francisco after seeing a wonderful works on paper show.

Oil on maple

5" X 7"

'YOSHIO IN TUQUOISE CHAIR'


Oil on masonite

9" X 9"

NATIVE GARDEN BY THE BAY

I completed this mural of a native California flower garden with a view of San Francisco and the Bay on July 11, 2007, the day Lady Bird Johnson died at 94. She and Helen Hayes founded the National Wildflower Research Center, dedicated to preserving and reintroducing native plants in planned landscapes. There is a yellow bird in the center of the mural- and in Ladybird's official White House portrait she is wearing a yellow gown! How is that for synchronicity? The mural is located at the corner of Solano Avenue and Talbot Street in Albany,California. Now, I can get back to posting the small paintings of the 'painting a day' project!

'BUTTERFLY WORLD'

These are pictures of a mural I finished last summer in the interior courtyard of the Albany YMCA, in Albany California. I call it Butterfly World, because all of the many butterflies in the mural are from every continent on earth. I am about to start another large outside mural and I'm preparing for Pro Arts Open Studios, the first two Sundays in June, so I will be taking a hiatus from the dailies until mid-June.

'FIGURE STUDY 9'

Oil on ABS panel

5" X 7"

'SHELL'


Oil on triple primed ABS panel

6" X 6"

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YOSHIO

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Oil on masonite

9 X 14