drive home

Here is a new painting I just finished today. Its from a photo I took on the drive home from Nevada last year. I pulled over on the side of the road and took the picture from the car because I loved that bright little puff of cloud against all the dark ones. Luckily a truck didn't hit us either...oil on panel, 18"x10"

koi pond

Just finished this watercolor/gouache painting last night. Another from huntington library gardens..the Japanese garden of course. 7"x12" on Arches paper

huntington library

Took a trip to Huntington Library last weekend, and it was beautiful. Here is a preliminary sketch and a painting I did yesterday from a photo I took over the weekend. The painting is oil on panel, 15"x8"

tea house

another charcoal sketch from the Japanese garden at Descanso.

japanese garden

I took another trip to Descanso Gardens today to do some charcoal sketching. Its such a beautiful place, I could have sat there all day.....but I got there an hour before they closed. Heres what I came away with..

natm2

My blog is really about my traditional painting, but....
cgsociety just posted an article on some of the Lincoln work I did on Night at the Museum 2, so I thought I would post a link. Second page at the bottom.

link....

angeles forest

dusk at the angeles national forest...12"x 9" oil on canvas

mount baldy

from a fire trail near the top of mount baldy...18"x8" oil on canvas

A couple sketches I did sunday night for my next painting. Charcoal on newsprint. The second has a bit of graphite as well.

snowy

I was watching the film Baraka tonight while I was getting ready to start painting and about 3 shots in, there was a great pan up the side of this mountain. The composition of that shot inspired this painting. For anyone who hasn't seen it, Baraka is one of the finest films I have ever seen. Every frame is beautifully composed, and the imagery is astounding. This is another one in the sketchbook..