Carpinteria Bluffs in Shades of Purple - 5x7

"Winter" in Carpinteria, not too shabby. 

Oil on panel, 5x7 inches

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Anacapa Lighthouse - 5x7

Zach took me on a trip to the Channel Islands for my birthday, and I was super excited when we came across this lighthouse. 

Oil on panel, 5x7  inches

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Santa Barbara Harbor Series VII - 8x10

I decided to do a few more of these harbor scenes in a slightly larger size.  I love these cradled panels, I think the wood really compliments the painting. 

Oil on cradled panel, 8x10 inches
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Santa Barbara Harbor Series VI - 6x6

I almost gave up on this one. About 20 minutes into it I just wanted to stop, I couldn't see anything good coming from it. I'm glad I pushed through, it turned out to be one of my favorites in the series.

Oil on panel, 6x6 inches

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Something's In The Air II - California Landscape Oil Painting - 18x24

This is another large piece I was working on for one of the upcoming shows. I think I'm ready now, which is good since I only have 2 days left :)

Also it's been raining a lot lately (well, a lot by California standards), and this morning I found a giant earthworm in my kitchen, how did it even get there?!

Oil on cradled panel, 18x24 inches

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$650

Bluffs at Dawn II - California Landscape Oil Painting - 16x20

What a blessed month I'm having! Etsy sales are good, I've gotten great reviews from the show at Corktree, and yesterday I was accepted into the Santa Barbara Art Association! I got my feedback from the jurors and they only had good comments (not very helpful, but it also didn't kill my spirit, which is good). I love September :)

Oil on gessoed panel, 16x20 inches

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Autumn Light - Palette Knife Oil Painting - 10x10

I had a lot of fun with this one. These palette knife paintings are always so messy, I end up with paint in my hair, on my face, just everywhere!

Oil on panel, 10x10 inches

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Carpinteria Bluffs VI - California Landscape Painting - 11x14

I tried a little bit of a new technique for this one (I have big plans for very different paintings this week) I laid down a really dark base and then wiped out the lighter areas of my composition. I found this technique on this blog post, by an artist named Doug Braithwaite (the blog is written from the perspective of his wife, which I think is really great, sometimes I wish I never had to talk about what I'm painting)

in progress

Oil on hardboard panel, 11x14 inches

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Ps. Clearly Charlie is having a really tough day, he likes to sit right under where I'm painting, and probably gets himself splattered with paint.

Sun in the Salt Marsh - California Daily Painting - 6x12

I got to see In the Heights at the Pantages Theater in LA this weekend, I feel like I've been waiting forever to see it! It was worth the wait :)

Today's painting is another view of the Carpinteria Salt Marsh, with the sun breaking through the clouds... only two days left of June, hopefully the gloom is almost over!

Oil on cradled panel, 6x12 inches, 3/4" deep

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The Edge - Carpinteria Bluffs Landscape Painting - 4x8

I found this little 4x8 canvas in my stash of painting materials and decided it would be perfect for this colorful little scene.

Oil on canvas panel, 4x8 inches

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Also my new business cards came in! I don't live in Denver anymore so my last ones were a little outdated. I'm pretty happy with how they turned out. I also made magnets that I can include in packages I ship out. Yes, I was having fun with vistaprint the other day :)

Breaking Through - California Landscape Painting - 6x6

I love love LOVE painting in my new studio. It's so wonderful to have space again! I was drawn to paint this little scene because there were such interesting colors as the blue sky was finally breaking through that stubborn marine layer.

Oil on Ampersand Gessobord, 6x6 inches

$49

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Carpinteria Salt Marsh III - Landscape Oil Painting - 12x12

Today I'm playing the "where can I possibly photograph my painting without a glare" game. It's my least favorite part of moving to a new place. I think I might have better luck on our patio later in the day. But this will have to do for the moment, it's much prettier in person. I gave the canvas a few extra coats of gesso before I started which gave the painting an interesting texture.

We don't have internet set up in our new place, so for now I'm driving back to our temp apartment to blog. Thanks for all those entering my giveaway :) I love reading all your comments. It made yesterday a much better day, unpacking was horrible, but the worst part was trying to get Charlie, my giant orange cat, who I swear is nothing but muscle, into his carrier. Let's just say I can no longer wear one of my shirts because it's torn and blood stained... I also have quite the battle wound on my torso.

Oil on stretched canvas, painted sides, ready to hang, 12x12 inches

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By the Sea II - Carpinteria Landscape Oil Painting - 12x12

Sometimes I like to think of my little 6x6 paintings as oil sketches, they let me test out a composition without a huge commitment. And if I do a little sketch that I think turned out well then I would be a little foolish to not make something more out of it right? I'm a little torn on the subject.

But here is a larger version of one of my smaller paintings from a few weeks ago. I'm trying to get a few more large pieces done for a show next weekend. Of course "large" is only 12x12 since that's all I can really fit in our tiny temp apartment. Hopefully when we move I'll convince myself to work on much larger paintings, that would of course take a lot longer than one day.

Oil on hardboard panel, 12x12 inches

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The Seuss Tree I - California Landscape Painting - 6x6

Doesn't this tree look like something out of a Dr. Seuss book? I saw it by the beach one day and I just had to paint it. There were others around it too, they'll be making up tomorrow's painting.

Oil on Ampersand Gessobord, 6x6 inches - SOLD

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Carpinteria Campgrounds - Landscape Oil Painting - 6x6

I was walking by the campgrounds one morning and I couldn't believe how bright and beautiful the colors were! I usually like to exaggerate my colors, but this time I didn't even have to. I plan on doing a larger version of this tomorrow.

Oil on gessobord panel, 6x6 inches

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This morning I was worried that my paintings were too different (a thought I never expected, because landscapes and still life's aren't shocking). But maybe they're too bright, too small, too brushy, I don't know. But I like the work I'm doing right now, and I guess I'd rather be nine people's favorite thing than 100 people's ninth favorite thing.

May - Carpinteria Landscape Oil Painting - 12x12

I really liked the smaller version I did of this scene (posted here). So I decided it would be worth it to paint a larger one. I think I actually like this one better than the first...and I might just be tempted to keep it for myself :)

Oil on panel, 12x12 inches - SOLD

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