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Maui Sunset - 6x12
Little piece of the hawaii trip we took last year. Walking around at sunset trying to get Lily to doze off in the ergo :)
Oil on 1" cradled panel, 6x12 inches
Pears on White - 6x6
Leadbetter Beach - 16x20
The little one took amazing naps one day last week and allowed me to finish this piece. This week we had no such luck, but I'm trying to look on the bright side.
Oil on panel, 16x20 inches
Available at En Plein Air Gallery, Carpinteria
Carpinteria Bluffs, Late Afternoon - 18x24
I had this piece all sketched out and ready to paint on a 5x7 panel....and then I looked at it and thought "I'm going to have to mix all those colors anyway, I might as well paint it large!". And thus began my current project of big paintings. It makes me feel like I've accomplished more when I use an entire naptime to start something big, rather than something so small.
There was going to be...
Santa Barbara Palm Trees - 5x7
The part that drew me to this scene was that intensely blue sky, how flat the sand looks, and how the palm trees were reaching up so gracefully... I kind of want to paint this on a very large scale sometime.
Oil on panel, 5x7 inches