Beach House - Carpinteria Oil Painting - 5x7

This one was so fun! I've been wanting to paint this house for a long time, it's just the perfect beach house :)

Oil on panel, 5x7 inches

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Field Somehow Flowing - Plein Air Palette Knife Painting - 6x6

I wanted to try a plein air palette knife painting.  I think this was a good first go, but I'll have to give it another try sometime. 

Oil on panel, 6x6 inches

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Sunset at the Bluffs - Carpinteria Plein Air Painting - 5x7

You know what moves faster than me? The sun. Sunset scenes seem much harder than those at sunrise because not only does the light change, it disappears completely! 

Oil on panel, 5x7 inches 

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La Arcada II - Santa Barbara Oil Painting - 6x6

I decided to take another shot at this charming courtyard in Santa Barbara.  I experimented with one of my very dark panels again, it switches up my way of thinking about the painting, so I think it's helpful.  

Oil on panel, 6x6 inches

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Sunset Clouds - 6x6

The flu has seriously kicked my butt for the last few days, I can't remember the last time I felt this sick.  The tylenol kicked in so I crawled up to my studio to make this quick post....will definitely not be painting today, but here's one I did last week: 

Oil on panel, 6x6 inches

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Corner House Carpinteria - 6x6

One of the best things about living in a little beach town is all the brightly colored houses around :) If I owned a house here I would have such a hard time deciding on what color it should be! 

Oil on panel, 6x6 inches

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Stormy Day - 6x12

On display at the Palm Loft Gallery here in Carpinteria.  The show opens today and features Carpinteria Landscapes by Carpinteria artists.  

Oil on panel, 6x12 inches

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Field Work - Plein Air Oil Painting - 6x6

I'm getting a little more used to this whole plein air thing, there are parts of it that I love and parts that I could do without....like people warning me that I'll probably have ticks on me from standing in the grass. I'm thankful for the warning, but then my ankles itched for the rest of the painting because I was sure there were ticks on me! I couldn't find any.  

I was happy with how this painting turned out, it wasn't super bright like yesterday's, but it also wasn't dull like I was afraid it would be. 

  

Oil on panel, 6x6 inches

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Green Field - Plein Air Oil Painting - 6x9

I was SO happy to finally paint on a sunny day! I felt like my other plein air pieces looked a lot brighter and a lot more colorful (even for a cloudy day) when they were outside with me, and when I brought them inside they were so drab! 

I was determined that this painting would not be drab! And the result was very bright! I was also experimenting with some new colors I ordered.  I don't know how I ever painted without "purple lake" :) 

Oil on panel, 6x9 inches

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Cloudy Day and Tree Abstraction - 6x6

Last week I went out on several short plein air outings.  I hate painting on cloudy days but I went anyway....

Oil on panel, 6x6 inches

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I brought two panels with me, so I decided to have fun with the second one.  There were trees to my left that had this amazing light that kept peeking through briefly while I was painting the first one.  I knew I only had like a minute to try to capture the colors that were happening.  Here's the result, which I actually really like, even more than the first painting that I spent much longer working on: 

Oil on panel, 6x6 inches

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San Diego Sky - 12x24

I decided to expand on the smaller version I did of this San Diego scene.  

Oil on panel, 12x24 inches

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Hearst Castle Indoor Pool - 6x6

I think this will be the last in this series.  This pool was ridiculous! The floor was covered with gold tiles! That would be one crazy swim.  

Oil on panel, 6x6 inches

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In other news, all the proceeds from the "Sale" items in my shop now go directly to World Vision International.  Now my etsy clients can help me help others :) I'm going to try to always have at least 3 sale items to choose from.  You can check out the sale here. 

Hearst Castle Theatre - 6x6

Definitely my favorite in the series so far.  I started with a very dark colored painting surface for this one, it ended up making things a lot easier and a lot faster. I'm excited to keep experimenting...

Oil on panel, 6x6 inches

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Hearst Castle Interior II - 6x6

Second in the series, I liked that this one included the source of that interesting blue light.  

Oil on panel, 6x6 inches

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Hearst Castle Interior - 6x6

I'm working on a series of these interior scenes.  I've always been attracted to this type of subject, but I don't always have a chance to paint them. A trip to the castle was a perfect solution! I liked this scene because of the orange glow coming from the light in the room, and the cool blue light from outside being reflected on the furniture.  

Oil on panel, 6x6 inches

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Butterfly Grove - 6x6

Zach and I went to Pismo beach and up to Hearst Castle for our New Years weekend getaway.  We stopped at the butterfly grove...I heard it was amazing.  We came prepared with binoculars, but I think we only saw like 20 butterflies! Disappointing! Luckily we had lots of other things to do. And the light while we were there was just gorgeous.  

Oil on panel, 6x6 inches

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White House - 6x6

This little house was just too quaint, and the light was hitting it just right.  White houses are my favorite to paint.  

Oil on panel, 6x6 inches

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The Bluffs - 8x16

I really like how this painting turned out, even though I was painting on canvas which I usually hate :) One day I'll get these bluff trees right, they're still not exactly how I want them.  Much closer than my first attempts though :) 

Oil on canvas panel, 8x16 inches

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Palms Tree Sketch - Oil on canvas - 5x7

This was done on a pretty cloudy day, the sun was about to set.  I liked the shapes the of the trees, and purplish color of the sky.  

Oil on canvas, 5x7 inches

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That Tree - California Landscape - 6x6

Everyone in Carp know exactly where this tree is.  I've painted it many times before, but the light on it was especially good this day, so here it is again.  

Oil on panel, 6x6 inches

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Coastal Fog -Oil Sketch - 5x7

I painted this back when we were having crazy weather here.  There were definitely new colors popping up all over the place :) 

Oil on canvas panel, 5x7 inches

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La Jolla Beach II - California Landscape - 8x10

I wasn't sure how this one would turn out, but I really like the orange and blue colors together.  I didn't pick a new years resolution, but I think I would like to be a little more daring in my painting. 

Oil on panel, 8x10 inches

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Poles - Carpinteria Landscape Painting - 6x12

I had the busiest day yesterday! I can't even believe how much I got done :) I slept SO well last night.  

I chose to paint this little scene because I liked the shadows, sunset shadows are the best.  And I liked the the dark telephone poles against the light colored sky.  

Oil on cradled panel, 6x12 inches

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San Diego Night Scene - 6x6

I like painting night scenes every once in a while, I think I'll try to do more and hopefully get better at it.  The extreme lights and darks are surprisingly difficult to paint in one shot. 

Oil on panel, 6x6 inches

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Sunrise at the Bluffs - 11x14

Here's my larger version of this piece, I'm hoping to enter it in a show here next week.  

Oil on panel, 11x14 inches

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