pomegranate with turnip 5x7

Sugarloaf #2 8x10

This is the other landscape for the rock climbers.

Phantom Spires #2 8x10

This is one of a pair of commissions that I did for a couple of rock climbers.

Poland Springs with Reece's 9x12

This is another commission.

popcorn #3 5x5

this is a little commission.

anarchy hightop 8x10

yellow laced lowtop 8x10

checkered Converse 8x10

black Converse 8x10

red Converse 8x10

green Converse 8x10

Clint #4 8x10

I did this one for my son for his eighteenth birthday

Crayolas #7 6x8

This is a gift for a friend at work who is having a baby.

tomato with lemon 8x10

asparagus with lemon 12x9

pencil with crayons 9x12

foggy cypress 2 8x10

I did this one late in the morning of the third day of the workshop.

Fort Ross workshop day 2

Here are three more that I did on the second day of the workshop. The sun never really came out but the fog was pretty fun too.

rocks in the fog 6x8

came out to the Fort Ross area for a painting workshop led by Terry Miura. It was great fun and Terry is a great painter and teacher. I did this one the afternoon of the first day.

ledge tree 6x8

I did this painting last month and never got around to posting it.

Starbucks Commission 9x12

Chicago Fire Mural

I started working on this mural for Chicago Fire Pizza's new Roseville location at the end of July. I just finished it last week. These pictures were taken at the pre-opening party. It's a bit more graphic than how I usually paint but I think it suits the space well. I've done large night time scenes at the two other Chicago Fire locations. They really are a lot of fun to work on. Chicago Fire is a great Sacramento area restaurant. If you like Chicago style pizza and you haven't tried them, you need to get to one of their locations right away. You won't be disappointed!

Diet Coke 8x10

reflective ball with bartlett 8x10

I've just finished a pretty major mural at a friend's restaurant and I'm enjoying getting back into the swing of painting regularly.

Coca Cola 8x10

Mountain Dew 8x10

conversation 8x10

ziplock crayons 9x12

hello light bulb kitty 8x10

Runts 7x5

monkey gum 9x12

I found this strange product at the dollar store the other day and I couldn't resist it.

reflective balls and goblet 9x12

light bulb and glove 8x10

marshmallows 5x7

Giant Gap #2 8x10

This was painted on a rare nice day this month. Normally I would be doing a lot more plein air work by this time of year but the weather has been uncooperative.

orange bell 8x6

This is another quick classroom demo. It's fun to work fast and somewhat loose sometimes.

bartlett #5 6x8

This is a classroom demo.

She-Ra 6x8

This is a gift for one of our teacher's who is retiring this year. I don't usually start with a tight drawing but in this case I needed to get the likeness of a specific dog.

After the drawing I do a loose under painting.

After the under painting It's just a matter of blocking in the fur color. I try to make an interesting combination of warm and cool values while maintaining the dog's likeness.



once the pooch has been blocked in I paint in the background. Sometimes I will start putting in the background sooner so I can adjust the other colors to the dark value that will be surrounding them. In this case, I chose not to do that. During this phase I try to pay close attention to my edges.

scissors etc. 11x14

I had a lot of fun painting this one. Reflective and transparent surfaces are endlessly fascinating to me.

dogwood #2 6x8

leaning crayons 6x8

two pez dispensers 8x10

pez with mirror ball 8x10