I painted this lovely little piece on a quite day after a big storm.  The ocean was calm, and the glare off the waves caught my attention.

This is oil on linen mounted on board (gatorboard).  It is being made available unframed.

I painted this piece in the morning along the Santa Barbara coast.  The ocean was calm and soothing on this particular morning, with a beautiful quality to the light.

This is oil on linen mounted on board (gatorboard).  It is be being made available unframed.

This beautiful little painting is an oil painted on a inch-and-half think wooden block.  It is framed in a white floater frame with a black interior. 

Big breakers on the coast always makes for an exciting day of painting.  The challenge of trying to capture the constant movement and variety never gets old.

This is a plein air piece done in oil on linen mounted on a cradled mastonite panel.

I hiked down some cliffs and some distance to capture this view along the coast.  My hike out was reflected by the other intrepid sole who came out as far, and I had the pleasure of working him into the composition.

This is oil on board (gatorboard), and is being made available unframed.  Call to discuss framing options.

On comission, I took a 2 day trip down to Carmel to paint a particular scene.  In the afternoons I took time to paint some different locations, including this piece that drew my attention with the glow of the rocks in shadow.

This is oil on linen mounted on gatorboard. 

One morning on the coast I found myself socked in by fog.  I started driving south, and eventually I found a hole in the weather. The day just started to open up as I was painting, revealing the most beautiful and fleating lighting effects on the cliffs.

This is a studio piece done from studies from that outing.  It is oil on stretched linen canvas.

This piece is on unmounted linen canvas.  It comes unframed.

Please contact me if you'd like to discuss framing options.

I was out painting on the coast all day, and as the started to set it started to light the foam off the waves with a magical glow.

Then someone climbed out on the rocks to get a better view, and it put the whole scene in a new perspective.  The scale of the breakers and the magic of the moment were both amplified.  This is a moment I won't soon forget.