A Painting Today

11 x 14" oil on masonite sold I can tell you, as I stood in the same spot as this woman, looking at Georgia O'Keeffe's "Ma...

I think I'd like to start my days with a warm-up. Maybe a pencil drawing or ink or a quick oil - something quick. Something to loosen me...

12 x 12" oil on masonite sold Sometimes I notice the perfect placement of art in museums. This was one of those times. Each piece stand...

9 x 12" oil on masonite sold I feel like I'm finally coming out of a fog - getting over the flu and watching my dog recoop from sur...

6 x 6" oil on masonite sold After a short walk around Union Square, I grabbed a taxi to a museum I missed on my last visit to San Franc...

5 x 7" oil on masonite sold This is another one of those challenges in painting, a lot of activity and depth - but I certainly wanted t...

6 x 6" oil on masonite sold At times, when I start a painting like this, I think of how I can avoid the visual confusion of all the lay...

8 x 10" oil on masonite sold It's been a cloudy, cool and mellow day out here in my studio and I painted this new piece, which I re...

Jack seems to be doing okay today - after we came home from the vet's check-up this morning, he motored straight to the studio where he ...

6 x 6" oil on masonite sold The only way I know how to wait out Jack's surgery is to stay busy. So naturally I felt compelled to p...

I'm a nervous mother. Jack, the hound on the left, is going in for knee surgery tomorrow morning. I'm trying to convince myself I...

9 x 12" oil on masonite I did have a full day of painting today, with my dogs sleeping beside me. A most perfect day. This new paintin...

With all the best intentions of getting back into my painting routine, things happened instead. I caught a bad cold, probably from that love...

6 x 6" oil on masonite sold And so to bed. The end of my short, first night in San Francisco. If you have to be away from home, the fin...

6 x 6" oil on masonite sold This could be any city - what makes it San Francisco are those streetlights, which line the major pedestria...

6 x 6" oil on masonite sold I'd like to take you through my adventure in San Francisco, starting with the first night I arrived. I ...

I love going on an occasional trip and I really love coming back home. Especially with brand new photographs and a huge desire to start pa...

I think this picture says a lot about San Francisco. It's a happy place. Nice people everywhere, the cab drivers are cheerful and friend...

It's time - I've got to get my bags packed and ready to go. The anxiety level is rising, it always does until I settle into my seat ...

6 x 6" oil on masonite sold The steep streets of San Francisco are pretty mindblowing to me. I do know, I'd never rent a car. I jus...

6 x 6" oil on masonite sold I have San Francisco on the brain. I can't wait to get there. As I was rolling through the thousands of...

I haven't vanished off the earth - I've been in the final stages of getting this show put together. The painting part is easy, it...

I have copies available of my little 'painting-a-day' artbooks. There's a link to each volume on the sidebar, which will take yo...

9 x 12" oil on masonite sold I took this painting back from a gallery to make room for new work - I like my selection to stay fresh and...