Cliff House 8x10

This is the Cliff House restaurant in San Francisco painted from Sutro Baths.
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robot #3 5x7

...and another...

robot #2 5x7

Another little robot...

robot #1 5x7

I have a number of old overhead and opaque projectors in my classroom. Only one or two are ever in working order at a given time. I tell myself that I keep them around for spare parts. I think I really just like the way they look. After getting several comments regarding this painting I decided to change it's name. I realized that this anthropomorphic quality is what appeals to me.
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pipe wrench #2 7x5

Tools like this pipe wrench are a fun to do for a change. The drawing is more demanding than when painting organic things like fruit or flowers. It can also be a challenge to capture a sense of the mass of the object.
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$1.00 Art Auction!

I've put these seven paintings on eBay with a starting bid of just one dollar. The proceeds will benefit the Chana High School Art Department. Please click on the image to get to my eBay page. Merry Christmas!

mirror ball #3 7x5

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belt 4x8

This is my karate belt. I met Duane Keiser at a practice in 2006 and his example is what got me painting again after a long lay off.
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tea bag #2 5x7

Green tea. I drink a cup of it on my way to work when it gets colder out.
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coreopsis #2 7x5

I found some of these blooming on campus today. They were a nice splash of color in our otherwise achromatic garden.
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orange section 5x5

I like the light shinning through this little guy.
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peeled clementine #4 5x7

I thought I'd try this again with a dark background.
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three olives 5x5

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candle with kiss 5x5

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Hoho and milk 7x5

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persimmon #7 5x7

These are fun to paint and only available for a short time. My wife put a couple of them in some curry the other night.

red pear #4 7x5

After they're done modeling for me, these things go great in salads.
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lemon wedge #2 5x7

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lemon #3 5x7

It's a lot of fun painting these deceptively simple still life objects.
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dandelion #8 7x5

This afternoon there was one lone dandelion in the small lawn next to the parking lot at school. I didn't have a small enough bottle in my classroom so I had to transport it home for tonight's painting.
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cutie with kiss 7x5

I think these two flavors go well together.
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cutie 5x5

I like painting the fruits that are in season in the autumn. I'm starting this one of at $1.00 on eBay.
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Putah Creek #2 6x8

I delivered a painting to a local patron and she was nice enough to invite me to do some painting on her beautiful property just outside of Davis. My wife and I had a great time meeting her and her family. Thanks a lot Jeanne!
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persimmon with bosc 7x5

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!
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martini #4 5x7

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persimmon #6 5x7

A student brought in a couple of persimmons the other day and I took 'em home so I could paint them over the vacation. He got them off of a tree in his yard. They seem to be brighter than the ones I've bought in the store recently. I think they're more ripe.
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grapefruit wedge 5x7

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cemetery 6x8

I joined a local plein air painters meet up group about a week ago and today I met up with some of them at the old Sacramento Cemetery. I've driven by it hundreds of times on my way to the river to paint, but this is the first time I've gone inside. It's a really nice place to paint with a lot of future potential. I'll be back for sure. In addition to finding a new place to paint I also met some really nice people, among them, David Lobenberg, a fellow Sacramento area blogger. I'm looking forward to the next outing I can attend.
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tree #2 6x8

pepper with glass 5x7

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bent pepper 7x5

There was a box of red peppers in our break room at school. This one was bent in this interesting shape.
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football 7x5

I typically paint objects that are a bit smaller than footballs. Doing an object of this size presented some practical problems for me. I needed a stage that would accommodate a football and I needed it to be about twice as far away as my usual set up. Tinkering with my space ended up being a pretty fun experience as breaking a routine often is.
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grapefruit #3 7x5

feather #3 7x5

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Sutter Buttes 10x9

It was a beautiful day to be out painting. The Sutter Buttes are about an hours drive from my house. They are famous for being the worlds smallest mountain range.

Sacramento River #4 12x9

It was nice to get outside today.

persimmon #5 5x7

I had as much fun painting the block of wood as I had painting the persimmon.
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moon #3 6x8

This latest batch of still lifes has been a lot of fun but I miss painting outside. The shorter days makes it a bit of a challenge but it's worth it when I can make it happen.
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pencil #5 5x7

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garlic #4 7x5

redvine #2 7x5

lemon wedge 7x5

I like how the cut fruit refracts the light and seems to glow.
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peeled clementine #3 5x7

A couple of other artists that I like have done similar paintings recently and I thought they were very striking so I decided to try this composition. One problem that I didn't anticipate was that the peel kept dragging the clementine off it's perch.
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feather #2 5x7

This is from a barred rock chicken. It was kind of fun to do such a monochromatic piece after those colorful leaves.

orange slice 5x7

I like the semi transparent edge on cut oranges and lemons.
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yellow leaf 5x7

This leaf is from the same tree as yeasterday's. The masking tape was fun too.
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red leaf 5x7

There is a large liquid amber tree out in front of my classroom. It's leaves are a beautiful variety of colors right now.
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three clementines 7x5

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anaheim pepper #2 7x5

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yellow heirloom 7x5

These big heirloom tomatoes are really beautiful in a sort of freaky way.