Wednesday, January 03, 2007

and one more since I'm on a roll

My friends Marni & Ryan got hitched this past weekend. This is a color study that I did for a larger painting of them but I really like the way it turned out.

Day after Christmas: Lakeport CA

My sister has a ranch in Lakeport. Its gorgeous and since It was dumping rain, I sat on the porch and did some color sketches:






Tuesday, January 02, 2007

Christmas at the Casino

yeah.
really.

The short story is very small town+ road trip + christmas day = absolutely no restaurants open anywhere. really. we looked.
And then we drove to another little town and looked....and then we drove to another town and looked some more...

So we ended up at a casino for Christmas dinner. I think my mom is still in shock. It was pretty funny. Actually it was hilarious, and we had a lot of fun (could have been the white russians...). But seriously, who goes to a casino on christmas?! (Besides us of course but....). So I had to do some sketching 'cause there were some really funky people there. The little Monet man sitting by himself with a charlie-brown poinsetta on the table could have made me cry but he seemed pretty content and he knew all the waitresses....


















Saturday, December 09, 2006

Thursday, October 26, 2006

10.18 Last Day in NYC

I spent a few days in New York looking at loads of fantastic art, a little bit of shopping and lots of people watching. I love that city! This is outside of Central Park looking down 5th Avenue.


10.18 Columbus Square, NYC

Sunday, October 22, 2006

Tuesday, September 26, 2006

Monday, September 25, 2006

Sunday, September 24, 2006

Thursday, September 21, 2006

Wednesday, September 20, 2006

Tuesday, September 19, 2006

9.19 Finger Painting


The trees are all thumbprints. No real reason... I just didn't like it so I figured it couldn't get worse.

9.18: Needs more trees...

9.17 Near Forest Lawn.

Sunday, September 10, 2006

9.10 El Capitan and back

Spent a gorgeous weekend above Santa Barbara at El Capitan State Beach. I did some sketches this morning and took the long way home through Ojai. Just in time to hit major traffic coming home. Still it was worth it...



El Capitan State Beach


Pulled over to the side of the road near Ojai.


Lake Casitas 1 & 2: