Carpinteria Bluffs Cliff - 8x8

Another one painted for the studio tour, this one got snatched up pretty quick. 

Oil on cradled panel, 8x8 inches

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Beach Clouds, Carpinteria - 9x12

We've been having absolutely gorgeous clouds lately, I love it! 

My favorite part of this one is the light yellow/orange color shining through and against the clouds. 

Oil on canvas panel, 9x12 inches

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Clouds Over the Salt Marsh - 6x6

First painting since the birth...I'm depressingly rusty! But still probably not the worst painting that I've done, and it's good to get back to it, even for just a little bit. 

Oil on panel, 6x6 inches

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Sun and Sand - 5x7

Summer seems to have come early this year...

Oil on panel, 5x7 inches

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Tree Lined Country Road - 5x7

I loved these tall trees, and the sun was hitting them just perfectly this afternoon...

Oil on panel, 5x7 inches

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And don't forget to check out my Moving Sale, only a couple days left!

Ocean View - 6x12

More from that awesome sunset walk on the bluffs.  Loved the different shadows in this piece. 

Oil on cradled panel, 6x12 inches

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Sunset at the Bluffs - 6x6

I was really sad to not participate in the annual studio tour this weekend, but since most of my studio is packed in boxes waiting for our approaching move date I guess I didn't have much of a choice :) 

I'm really fond of how this little piece turned out.  It was one of those afternoons that was just perfectly warm and sunny, and the purple sunset shadows were just beginning to creep up.

Oil on panel, 6x6 inches

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Jelly Bowl Shoreline - 8x10 plein air

Here's this weeks plein air piece.  It might be the last one for a while, I'm getting a little too big to lug around all my painting gear! 

Oil on canvas panel, 8x10 inches

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Jelly Bowl View - 6x6

One of my favorite spots to hang out, I love April in Carpinteria!

Oil on panel, 6x6 inches

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Golden Lights - 5x7

More from the bluffs, can't get enough of these sunset colors. 

Oil on panel, 5x7 inches

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Jelly Bowl Outlook - 5x7

The perfect spot for a picnic...well as long as you don't sit in one of the big pools of beach tar :) 

Oil on panel, 5x7 inches

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Sunset View from the Studio - 5x7

Although the noise level in my current studio drives me crazy, it does offer some great views on occasion to make up for it. 

Oil on panel, 5x7 inches

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Carpinteria Jellybowl - 9x12 painting

Completed this commission a few weeks ago, love it when Carpinteria gets dramatic clouds like these. 

Oil on panel, 9x12 inches

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Before the Tide - 8x10 Plein Air

Finished this piece just in time before the tide got me (but not before I got a sunburn!).  This was one of those paintings where I hated it the whole way through, until suddenly at the end I liked it. 

Oil on canvas panel, 8x10 inches

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February on the Bluffs - 8x10 Plein Air Painting

A bit of a unique situation of how this painting came to be, let's just say I felt a little more "watched" than normal,  and you'll be able to see photos of me painting it in the summer issue of Carpinteria Magazine :) 

Oil on canvas panel, 8x10 inches

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View from Third Beach - 8x10 Plein Air Painting

I painted this the same morning as yesterdays painting.  I usually wouldn't paint a bright sunny scene without any shadows to play with, but I decided to have a go at it anyway.  My favorite part is the brushstrokes in the sand, and that deep teal color of the wave about to break.  

And for some reason the camera didn't want to cooperate with me for this one, in person the sky is not that splotchy looking! 

Oil on canvas panel, 8x10 inches

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Plein Air Beach Fog - 8x10

I don't usually like to paint outdoors, but recently I've been venturing out more and more, just to get away from the sound of the freeway (and freeway construction!) that plagues my current studio.  Standing in the sand on an empty beach beats a noisy studio any day.  And I'm having fun getting loose with these plein air paintings, I have a vision of what I'm striving for them to look like (and it's nothing like my studio work!) 

Oil on canvas panel, 8x10 inches

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Beached Boat - 8x10

Not usually one of my favorite times to paint (middle of the day) but I couldn't resist this fun boat with it's bright white sails up. 

Oil on panel, 8x10 inches

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Bluffs Path, Sunset - 8x10

It's been a while since my last post! I took a long break for Christmas and New Years, very refreshing :) But now it's back to work, there's so much to do, including a very large commission (the panel of which is currently staring at me, trying to intimidate me with its size!) 

I painted this piece long before Christmas but neglected to post it until now. I love the bluffs at sunset, all these wonderful purple blue shadows appear cooling off all the yellows and oranges that are usually present. 

Oil on panel, 8x10 inches

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Central Coast Mountains - 8x10

I liked the softness of these colors offset by the bright pop of red in the flower field. 

Oil on panel, 8x10 inches 

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