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Corner House Carpinteria - 6x6

• california daily painting • carpinteria landscape • daily painting for sale • palms

One of the best things about living in a little beach town is all the brightly colored houses around :) If I owned a house here I would have such a hard time deciding on what color it should be! 

Oil on panel, 6x6 inches
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Stormy Day - 6x12

• california oil painting • carpinteria art show • carpinteria bluffs oil painting

On display at the Palm Loft Gallery here in Carpinteria.  The show opens today and features Carpinteria Landscapes by Carpinteria artists.  

Oil on panel, 6x12 inches
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Field Work - Plein Air Oil Painting - 6x6

• california daily painting • carpinteria bluffs oil painting • plein air painting

I'm getting a little more used to this whole plein air thing, there are parts of it that I love and parts that I could do without....like people warning me that I'll probably have ticks on me from standing in the grass. I'm thankful for the warning, but then my ankles itched for the rest of the painting because I was sure there were ticks on me! I couldn't find any.  

I was happy with how this...

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Green Field - Plein Air Oil Painting - 6x9

• california plein air • carpinteria bluffs oil painting • carpinteria plein air

I was SO happy to finally paint on a sunny day! I felt like my other plein air pieces looked a lot brighter and a lot more colorful (even for a cloudy day) when they were outside with me, and when I brought them inside they were so drab! 

I was determined that this painting would not be drab! And the result was very bright! I was also experimenting with some new colors I ordered. I don't know how I...

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Cloudy Day and Tree Abstraction - 6x6

• california daily painting • california plein air • plein air painting

Last week I went out on several short plein air outings.  I hate painting on cloudy days but I went anyway....

Oil on panel, 6x6 inches
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I brought two panels with me, so I decided to have fun with the second one. There were trees to my left that had this amazing light that kept peeking through briefly while I was painting the first one. I knew I...

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