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Linden Avenue -Carpinteria Oil Painting - 12x16

• carpinteria downtown • carpinteria oil painting • cradled panel • linden avenue

We just got back from an amazing weekend in Mammoth, skiing in 50 degree weather and no Denver traffic is great!  It might be time to invest in my own ski boots though, my ankles are killing me.

Here's a painting I did before I left, and that's all I'm going to say about it because I'm excited to get back to work!

Oil on deep cradled panel, 12x16 inches
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Tangerine with Stem - 5x7

• orange • simple still life • still life oil painting • tangerine still life

Trader Joe's was selling boxes of these adorable tangerines all with the stems still attached.  I'll be doing at least a few more of these. 

Oil on panel, 5x7 inches
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Butterfly Grove II - 6x6

• butterfly grove • pismo beach oil painting • sunset • trees

I felt so free with this one.  I was more concerned with the illusion of light and the feeling of the trees, rather than the particular shapes and details. 

Oil on panel, 6x6 inches
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Carpinteria Tar Pits Park - 18x24

• carpinteria landscape • carpinteria tar pits • skyscape • stormy sky

We've definitely had some interesting clouds here lately.  Right now it's so windy I don't think a cloud could survive, Charlie the cat is racing around the house like the world is ending.... I don't think wind is his favorite. 

Oil on stretched canvas, sides painted
18x24 inches
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Watercolor Day

• california palm trees • watercolor • watercolor exercise

I felt a little stale last week, I still liked what I was painting but I felt I needed an exercise to get out of my normal way of thinking.  Working in watercolor forces you to think about everything backwards, just what I needed to mix things up a little. 

Watercolor on 140lb paper, 6x6 inches
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Watercolor on 300lb paper, 6x6 inches 




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