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Carpinteria Cliffs - Landscape Oil Painting - 18x24

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I think this is my favorite new painting I did for the show. It's also one of my favorite places to go :)


Oil on cradled gessobord, 18x24 inches
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Here it is in the local paper, I love our little town :)


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Santa Barbara Skate Park - Original Oil Painting - 12x12

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This is a painting that required some courage, I usually don't like to paint figures, but the sunlight on their clothing was appealing to me.


Oil on gessoboard, 12x12 inches
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Sunrise Palms - Landscape Oil Painting - 12x24

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This is the largest painting I've done in a long time. I was planning on taking several days to work on it, but I enjoyed it so much that I just kept painting into the night, and finished it in one day. I've never been so exhausted.

Oil on cradled Ampersand Gessobord, 12x24 inches
Wired and ready to hang
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The Monterey II - Seascape Oil Painting - 6x6

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I don't know why it's been so hard for me to photograph these last two paintings...they're not as dark as the screen says they are. Luckily my friend Lindsey taught me lots of new camera tricks yesterday (yay!), maybe some of those will help.

I've been enjoying these little ocean scenes, it gave me a chance to try painting that sea green color. I discovered that viridian green was crucial for my...

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The Tallest Palms - Original Oil Painting - 12x12

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After yesterday's painting I just wanted to keep painting palm trees. I realized it had been a while and I missed them.

Oil on hardboard, 3/8" thick, 12x12 inches

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