Small Aspen Grove

This was painted within a small grove of aspens.  I liked the shadows and the beautiful golden color of the leaves.

Tough Life

This is down in a canyon near me.  This little tree has made a life for itself in this crevice between a rock and a hard place.

Sunny Day at Lover's Point

I signed up for a Brian Blood workshop that was a couple of weekends ago and it also happened to be spring break for my son.  We all stayed in Monterey while I was at the workshop and then went on to San Francisco for a few days.  Wow, there were all kinds of things to paint!  I really love this area and am always willing to return.  I will try and post most what I experienced this week.

I absolutely love Brian's work and he is a good teacher too.  This piece was done during the workshop.  Though the landscape was the major thrust of this workshop, I couldn't resist this guy fishing right in front of me.  He was catching fish too, boy, was that distracting!

The Diehard

I love to fish, but this fella really loves to fish.  He was ice fishing during a snowstorm at Summit Lake.

Dexter

A couple good friends of mine just had birthdays and I wanted to do portraits of their beloved dogs for a present.  This character is Dexter, an Italian greyhound.  He is usually a perpetual motion machine but I was lucky to catch him in a brief quiet moment.  This is probably one of my favorite paintings. I hope the other comes out as well.