TINY MOUNTAIN STUDY

$100

unframed

oil on panel

4"  x  6"

A really tiny rendering of part of the San Rafael mountains--the coastal range that is the backdrop for all of Santa Barbara.

#173

MOUNTAIN STUDY

SOLD

oil on panel, 5 1/2"  x  6 1/2"

Something I really love about paintings is the magic of how something as massive as a mountain can fit, with the whole feeling of its bulk, into something as small as a postcard. 

In my mind's eye I walk the mountains and marvel at them.

#163

TOMALES BAY

$400

9"  x  12"

Tomales Bay--a lo-o-ong skinny arm of the sea, gorgeous. 

Califonia's coastal fog pouring over the hills while the sun comes up

#153

STORM PASSING

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$350

6"  x  13  1/4"

oak frame, made by the painter

A beautiful windy morning after a delightful, unseasonal rain.

Summer rains are particularly fragrant; water hitting hot rocks, sand, even cement -- I love that smell. 

ALONG ARROYO BURRO CREEK

$500

SOLD

10  3/4"  x  16"

oil on panel

A new painting of a favorite place near my neighborhood--a creekside property just upstream from the recently-restored section of creek at Hendry's beach. 

 The national land preservation agency Trust for Public Land is working to raise the 4 million dollars necessary to purchase the property--which will then be turned over to the city of Santa Barbara to restore (the creek itself) and maintain for public use. 

As part of this fundraising project, my colleagues in the Mesa Artists' Studio Tour  and I have decided to feature paintings of the property in our show this November, and to donate half the proceeds of sales to the Trust for Public Land.  

This is a wonderful place, as you can see.  From the spot where I stood to paint it,  I can smell the ocean and (sometimes) hear the surf--yet the view inland jumps right over the city.  It's a wonderful example of the kinds of open space that are still there, thank goodness, to be protected.  

So if you'd like to buy this painting, you'll contribute to several good causes at once; bringing art into your life, supporting me in the making of it, restoring creek habitat, and preserving open space for people to enjoy for all time to come.

                                           win/win!

WALKING THROUGH THE FOOTHILLS

$250

8" x  6"

oil on panel

SOLD

SUN ALWAYS RISES

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$400

11 1/4" x  12"

oil on panel

one of a series of 6 (so far) paintings --

 the mouth of the creek at Hendry's Beach, Arroyo Burro County Park