Castle White

Acrylic on Panel - 24 x 20 inches - Click Here to Bid

Another in the Alamo Square series, thought this one does have a touch of blue in it. This is a large apartment building at the top of the park that often shines out above everything else in the neighborhood, even when the skies are gray. You can see the tall trees of the park just behind.

This one is also on display at the Bean There show, for the month of June. 

Tower View

Acrylic on Panel - 22 x 28 inches - Click Here to Bid

Another one for the show. This time it's the view from the middle of the park heading South West. You can just make out the Sutro Tower on the peak at left.

West on Grove

Acrylic on Panel - 18 x 18 inches - Sold

Another one for the show. This time it's the view from the park, looking West. 

Rising South

Acrylic on Panel - 28 x 22 inches - Click Here to Bid

Another view of the park, from within the park this time. For sale at the show, or afterwards. 

Field House Revisited

Acrylic on Panel - 8 x 10 inches - Click Here to Bid

I found this sitting in the back hallway, and something made me want to give it another go. I like the strong contrast in the cast shadows, but I knew they really didn't look like that.

So I warmed up the parts of the building and roof that were in direct sunlight, and lightened the blue shadows a bit, also noting that the shadows on the front of the building were lighter than the shadows on the left. Those palms are still terrible, and it ain't a great composition, but it was fun playing with levels.

Early Vineyard

Acrylic on Panel - 6 x 4 inches - Click Here to Bid

This is from a shot I took earlier this Spring. The vines themselves are mere stems, but all the mustard is shooting up and filling the vineyard with yellow.

This is also my submission to this weeks Vineyard Challenge, at Daily Paintworks. Go have a look at all the other great paintings there.

Park Crest

Acrylic on Panel - 28 x 22 inches - Sold

Another view of the park, and again no blue. Just the Zorn palette of black, yellow, red and white. Temporarily not for sale, because this is going to be in the June show. 

South Van Ness

Acrylic on Panel - 11 x 14 inches - Sold

This is a commission piece that has been sitting around here half finished for far too long. It all started out just fine, but once I started picking at the things that bugged me, it seemed like there was no end to it. So, I let it rest for a while, and then just pushed on through.

Red Chair

Acrylic on Cardstock - 6 x 4 inches - Click Here to Bid

This week, it's the Daily Paintworks Chair Challenge and this is my entry. It's not my most comfortable chair, but I do like the color and form a lot.

New Mexico Highway

Pixels on iPad - 197 x 148 mm - NFS

I've been in bed with a nasty cold, so to cheer myself up I thought I'd do a Hockney style drawing on my iPad and make it an entry for the Daily Paintworks Bliss Challenge while I was at it. I always enjoy painting mountains and clouds (and we rarely get clouds in CA).

This is also a painting form memory, which is not something I think I've ever done before. I didn't even look at my reference photos. Just pure memories from my trip to NM last week.

Not for sale, because there's nothing there but pixels, and Mr. Hockney has yet to establish the market rate for such prints. Ahem.