More than a dozen new paintings of mine will be shown at Earthtone’s lovely office in downtown Sebastopol beginning this Thursday November 18th. I’ll be there for the reception from 6-8pm. The show will hang for several weeks…so stop in and take a peak. Earthtone is a great local company known for their clean design and renovation of buildings and homes.  The show has 2 large pieces (36″ x 36″) and several medium sized ones (20″ x 20″ ) plus a bunch of 8″ x 8″ pieces I did on location recently.  All are oil on canvas.  I’ll be posting all of them on my site during the next few days too.

Houses in September Sun

Freestone Barn & Silo

This Sunday November 14 my Bodega Bay studio will be open for visitors from 10am – 4pm. Stop by and take a look at my new work, have a cup of coffee and hang out.  The weather on the coast can be gorgeous (like today) and the crab fleet is getting ready for their opener on the 15th…so there is excitement at Spud Point (just below my studio).

Also, on Thursday November 18th from 6am – 8pm there is a reception for a show I’ll have at Earthtone in Sebastopol. Located right in the plaza, directly across from Whole Foods, this company is well-know for their thoughtful design and careful  renovation of homes and buildings. Since we both admire the clean lines of buildings, this is a nice match. Stop by and see.  http:// www.earthtone.com

Haven’t posted in a while since I have been traveling. First to Washington State and then to Michigan and Ohio. I have never been to Michigan before and must say…I was very impressed. My friends Jill & Charlie live just outside Ann Arbor in a charming village surrounded by corn fields, farms, and little lakes. It all reminded me of New England. We traveled north to visit Traverse City and see Lake Michigan…also incredibly beautiful. I took lots of pix and hope to paint some of the scenes I remember. Especially the barns. Here is one photo of a phenomenal barn near the big dunes on the eastern shore of Lake Michigan….how cool is this?

Michigan Barn

Hay Bales

Tonight is the big annual benefit auction for the Sebastopol Center for the Arts. It will be a fun party with many items to bid on…fine art, travel packages, wine, gift certificates for restaurants and shops, art classes and more. This is the painting that I am donating.   I hope it brings in a good price for SCA since they are a wonderful resource for the entire northern California arts scene. Here are the details

21st Annual Benefit Auction Friday September 1-  7-10pm

6780 Depot Street Sebastopol tickets $25 at the door  www.sebarts.org

Marin Hills in Summer

A couple more fast paintings from a lovely day out with my buddy Steve.  I know these hills have been painted ad nauseam but I haven’t done them much. I have to say these oils just painted themselves….if I haven’t said this before I will now…I honestly think oils are easier than acrylics for the experienced painter. Yes, they are luscious and fun too!

Red Barn Complex

Here is an oil done only with palette knife. Easy clean up and great texture can be had when painting this way. Because this painting uses mostly high key (light) values, it was a bit hard to capture the subtleties with the camera. But in person its kinda cool.

I have decided to open my studio in Bodega Bay to folks this Fall for just 3 days.  Since I left my gallery partnership in June, many people have written to ask where they can find my work…that is so gratifying and I thank you.  Because I live in a very quit place, I don’t want to open things up to the entire public so I have just sent an invitation to my mailing list.  So if you want to visit and did not get an email, please contact me. Dates are Saturday September 18th, Friday October 15th and Sunday November 14th. I figure this staggered schedule will accommodate almost everyone who has been writing to find out where to see my new work.  And I have lots of new work now that I finally have time to paint!

Lake Tahoe from Zephyr #3

The photo does not capture the color perfectly but I like this little 6″ x 6″ painting best of the group. It’s all done in oil with palette knife only and was the last of the 3 I did out side that day( see previous post for #1 and #2). I like it because it is very simplified and captures the intense stratification of the color of the water in the lake.

More to come.