Corner Trees - Daily Oil Painting - 5x7

There's a certain type of green that always inspires me, greens like this! I'm also getting excited for first friday tomorrow! 

Oil on panel, 5x7 inches

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Santa Barbara Harbor XVIII - Original Oil Painting - 6x6

I'm SO excited for the weather this week! Sunny and 80 degrees, couldn't be better.  

Oil on panel, 6x6 inches

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Also available in my shop this week, more of these fun magnet sets! And a new collection of notecards: 

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The Egret - Daily Oil Painting - 6x6

I love seeing all the different types of birds that live around here.  There was a whole flock of these egrets while I was walking on the beach one day. 

Oil on panel, 6x6 inches

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Bailard Palms - Carpinteria Landscape Oil Painting - 16x20

These were some of my favorite palm trees in Carp, they were such a good shape! Then they decided to cut them up a few weeks ago, now they're just boring.  This was painted from one of my last reference photos of them. 

Oil on panel, 16x20 inches

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Yellow House - Santa Barbara Oil Painting - 6x6

It's been quite a busy few days, filled with rehearsals, performances, friends in town, movie night, so many fun things! I'm stealing this moment to write a quick post before I'm off again. 

Oil on panel, 6x6 inches

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Mammoth Village - Landscape Oil Painting - 5x7

Another view from our window, I've missed seeing snow! 

Oil on panel, 5x7 inches

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Mammoth Snow - Landscape Oil Painting - 6x6

One of the views from our window in Mammoth last week.  I was so happy that it was sunny the whole time we were there, I love the contrasts of blue shadows on snow. 

Oil on panel, 6x6 inches

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Simple Tangerine - Still life oil painting - 6x6

This will be the last in this series, at least for now. 

Oil on deep stretched canvas, 6x6 

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Primavera Verde Show at the Palm Loft Gallery

I have 5 pieces in the current show at the Palm Loft Gallery, which lasts till May 1, 2011.  Come by and take a look! 

*article from Coastal View News

Tangerines on Blue - Still life oil painting - 6x12

The rain finally took a break this morning, so I hurried outside to see if I could get a few photographs so I'll actually have something to post this week.  Not the best, but at least it's something :) 

Oil on cradled panel, 6x12 inches

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The Spot II - Carpinteria Oil Painting - 12x12

I'm SO happy with how this one turned out.  And the process wasn't even painful, that's the best :) 

Oil on panel, 12x12 inches

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After the Storm - 6x6

Happy St. Patricks Day everyone!  I made Irish Soda Farls this morning to complement our Irish breakfast, I recommend them, they were so easy!

I was feeling brave with this one. It had rained all night and the sun was finally breaking through, making everything that was wet seem very bright. 

Oil on panel, 6x6 

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A Great Brush Find!

There's nothing like a painting with a new brush.  My absolute favorite type of brush is a flat, but no matter how hard I try to take good care of them they wear out pretty quickly...or maybe it's just that I usually find a favorite and then use it every day.   But once a flat brush does that weird fanning out thing, it's pretty much a lost cause.  

I usually don't write product reviews but this brush was so awesome I just had to share: 

   

Royal Langnickel Bordeaux Flat

I paid $2.47 for the size I got, actually less than that since I had a coupon.  I wasn't expecting much, I mean seriously, it's too cheap to be good, but it was also worth a shot.  I'm SO glad I did, I love this brush! I even prefer it over my much more expensive brushes.  I've been using it for about 2 weeks, and so far it's still amazing.  Even the handle feels amazing, and I love the purple color.  Next time I'm buying one in every size!

Leafy Buddies - 6x6

I love orange and blue together :) 

Oil on panel, 6x6 inches

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Tangerine with Stem II - 5x7

Continuing on with the series,  I love these guys.  Orange is kind of a challenging color to work with, I'm not sure what it is about it.  

Oil on panel, 5x7 inches

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Linden Avenue -Carpinteria Oil Painting - 12x16

We just got back from an amazing weekend in Mammoth, skiing in 50 degree weather and no Denver traffic is great!  It might be time to invest in my own ski boots though, my ankles are killing me.

Here's a painting I did before I left, and that's all I'm going to say about it because I'm excited to get back to work!

Oil on deep cradled panel, 12x16 inches

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Tangerine with Stem - 5x7

Trader Joe's was selling boxes of these adorable tangerines all with the stems still attached.  I'll be doing at least a few more of these. 

Oil on panel, 5x7 inches

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Butterfly Grove II - 6x6

I felt so free with this one.  I was more concerned with the illusion of light and the feeling of the trees, rather than the particular shapes and details. 

Oil on panel, 6x6 inches

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Carpinteria Tar Pits Park - 18x24

We've definitely had some interesting clouds here lately.  Right now it's so windy I don't think a cloud could survive, Charlie the cat is racing around the house like the world is ending.... I don't think wind is his favorite. 

Oil on stretched canvas, sides painted

18x24 inches

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Watercolor Day

I felt a little stale last week, I still liked what I was painting but I felt I needed an exercise to get out of my normal way of thinking.  Working in watercolor forces you to think about everything backwards, just what I needed to mix things up a little. 

Watercolor on 140lb paper, 6x6 inches

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Watercolor on 300lb paper, 6x6 inches 

From the Rooftops - Santa Barbara Landscape - 11x14

I keep seeing blog posts by other artists saying they're sick of the cold and sick of winter... well in Santa Barbara "winter" is never really here, so I can't say I'm sick of it, but I AM happy that the sun is starting to stay out later!

Zach and I headed out to First Thursday last night. And I was very happy to receive an award at the opening reception of SBAA's new show at the Channing Peake Gallery.  There were over 300 submissions and only about 70 pieces got in, I felt lucky to have both of my paintings be accepted :)  

Oil on cradled panel, 11x14 inches

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Santa Barbara Harbor XVII - Original Oil Painting - 6x12

Another for the harbor series...

Oil on panel, 6x12 inches

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Carpinteria Cliffs - 6x12

One of my favorite places to paint in Carp,  the light is amazing just before sunset.

Oil on panel, 6x12 inches

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