ZLAC Rowing Club paintings

This past summer I had a great opportunity to go out and take some photos of one of the Women's rowing teams from ZLAC Rowing Club. I used these as reference for a series of paintings that were presented at the Club in August. Here are a few, more on the website.

El Cajon Invitational Art Show

I am fortunate to announce that I am included in the 5th El Cajon Invitational, showing from August 5th through September 19th 2008 at the St. Clair Gallery. Join us for the reception Wednesday, August 27, from 5:30 to 8:30pm. I am quite impressed with the artists exhibiting in this show- lots of terrific art!

Torrey Pines - Solitary

A while back I took some reference photos of Torrey Pines State Reserve. I enhanced the lighting effects and distance in this painting- so that it was more as I remembered it. Sometimes the camera fools us- one way is that it just can't capture all of the light and dark values that our eyes see, so the darks are black and the lights are white. This is when the experience of painting outdoors helps. I know the shadows aren't black and I use that in my painting. I'm not sure if that comes across in the painting's photo, though- it's the camera thing again.

The Aquarium

Now for something a little different. Birch Aquarium has an amazing 70,000 gallon kelp forest tank and a seated viewing area where visitors can check out a variety of fish. It is such a neat experience to sit down in front of this huge window of glass and watch the fish go by. The kids were mesmerized!

You can see it live with this "kelp cam."



The Aquarium, 12x12, oil on linen panel

SD River Estuary in Fall

What a beautiful day it was overlooking the estuary. This was done in the afternoon, looking east. I've been to this spot before, in the spring, and what a different scene this was. This fall, the estuary was golden with little water running through it. It was good to get back out there!


SD River Estuary in Fall, 8x10, oil on prepared panel