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A Will To Grow - Landscape Oil Painting - 6x12

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I found this interesting tree on the Carpinteria Bluffs one morning. This was also a strange angle to paint it from, but I really like how it turned out.

Busy busy day today, but it ends with homemade apple crisp :) yum!

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Oil on canvas panel, 6x12 inches
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May Sunset - Carpinteria Oil Painting - 18x24

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This is another large painting that I did for the show. I gave that awful panel another chance, I added another coat of gesso first, it helped a little, but I'm still not impressed.

This show was a great push for me. I usually view my small 6x6 paintings as like an oil sketch, and then if I really like the composition and colors then I can turn it into something larger. But the problem is I get...

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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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Carpinteria Bluffs IV - California Daily Landscape Painting - 6x6

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We leave for our 4th of July trip to South Dakota tomorrow, I'm excited because I've never been there, and hopefully I'll get some good reference shots for later paintings. I'm not sure what to expect, but I hear there will be buffaloes and pheasants, and possibly thunderstorms. If there's a thunderstorm I'll be a happy for the whole trip.

As for blogging, I've painted ahead so there will be new...

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Breaking Through II - Carpinteria Landscape Painting - 6x6

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This painting doesn't really portray my usual color palette... the sky is much more pastel-ish than I would usually prefer. But that's how the sky felt that morning, so I guess I can't complain.

Oil on Ampersand Gessobord, 6x6 inches
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