An older painting

Thought I'd post a painting that has been hanging on our walls for more then 15 years. I did a series of abstract nudes with saturated color way back in the early 90's. This one is 48" x 77", oils on canvas.

Corona Road in Petaluma

Well I'm having a blast with the small canvases! This was a shot I took towards the end of the day on my commute home. I pass by this serpentine road everyday on my way to and from work and I've always wanted to stop and take some pictures. Well I finally did and I think I'll be going back there again because the place is full of some great views. I'll have to thank Terry Miura for the inspiration on this one. His small road paintings really captured my interest. I think I'm finally getting a handle on values and painting intentionally. I limited my palette and that has made all the difference. Two palettes diverged in a wood and I choose the one with less color and that has made all the difference.

Morning light -Petaluma Farm

 

This one is 5x7... small. I had a blast working on this one. Funny how working smaller really loosens up my brush work and creativity. I have a bunch of linen boards coming in that are 5x7 and 8x10 and I can't wait to start painting more scenes.

Lillies from the Big Island

This is a new small canvas of a lily pond in Hawaii. It was on the other side of a black sand beach and really caught my eye. I plan to do a couple more paintings from that photo.