Lots of new work in progress

Varying stages of progress from just started to pretty much done.  I'm having lots of fun experimenting with the houses and industrial stuff.

Spring Open Studios

Please join me this weekend for Spring Open Studios in the Mission.  I will be showing new paintings and prints alongside the beautiful photography of Jon McNeal.  Details below.

1890 Bryant (btwn 17th and Mariposa), Studio 212

Friday, April 13 6-9PM

Saturday, April 14 noon-6PM

Sunday, April 15 noon-6PM

Hope to see you there!

Finished

Some new, some older...

A new post at long last!

It's not that I haven't been working...  Here are several paintings in various states of progress (forgive some of the glare - lighting in the studio is difficult).
Top to bottom:
A house in Brentwood just after Christmas.  Not sure if you can see the icicle lights in this photo.  40"x50"
Some power plants in the east bay.  Shot the same day as the house.  34"x56"
A tank in the east bay.  28"x50"
Black Crater update.  This is from Lava Beds National Monument.  A crazy place.  50"x40"
Orchard update.  This one's almost done.  34x50"
A refinery in the east bay.  Lots of work to do on this one. 34"x50"
A seascape.  We were at North Beach at Point Reyes on a very foggy day.  This combined with some messed up printer settings made for an atmospheric reference image.  Approx. 30"x40"

Work in progress

Top to bottom: Fossil Beds 28"x50", another orchard 34"x50", some plants approx. 40"x56", Black Crater approx. 40"x56".  The bottom two are big experiments and will probably change quite a bit from these images, but it's always nice to see where things start.

Another one finished

Seascape
28"x34" (I think)
oil on canvas

Finished!

Orchard 2
oil on camvas
28"x50"

New

House

Self Portrait

Three painting sessions on this self portrait. I have been experimenting with dark under painting, and yields dramatic results. Also lots of fun to do. 34"x50".

Strange Experiment

Here's the beginning of a new painting painted on top of an old painting. It's a complete experiment, and I'm trying keep it loose. We'll see how it goes, but right now it kind of feels like I'm painting it out of the corner of my eye.

Seascape

One more seascape. This one is from a reference image shot with my phone. The painting is 36"x60". Not quite finished, but it's getting close.

More progress

Two paintings in progress. The top one is closest to being finished. The bottom one has lots of work to be done. Both are experiments is new ways of working the paint.

New work in progress

Now that open studios is over, it's time to get back to work! These are just two of the several paintings I started this week. More to come soon...