Experimenting

Experimenting with gouache these days. Still feel clumsy with it, but it is interesting to see how it is different from watercolor.

Boats on Bodega Bay

Painted this scene on Bodega Bay. My friends Lola and Kat painted with me that day and afterwards we enjoyed delicious oysters and champagne. A beautiful day!

Johnson's Beach Day

When my friend Lola visits from Madrid, we love to hang out on Johnson's Beach. We go early and rent two umbrellas, thereby creating a lovely shaded area on the edge of the river in which to paint and enjoy the beauty of the river.

At Water's Edge

Painted this while out on Tomales Bay with my friends Lola and Kat. I think it is done, but I will check over it again. I notice that this photo of the painting does not capture the sky variation in the actual painting.....not sure how to solve that issue...,

Summertime!

With school finally out, I am painting lots! Will post pics in color once paintings are finished...

Spring Clouds

This is a painting of a view in Duncan's Mills (done from my memory of a day when the sky was a sort of stormy blue-gray).

Tools

Tomales Bay

Celebrated the new year with one of our favorite rituals...an excursion to Tomales Bay to eat oysters & paint. It was beautiful, but quite cold this year, so after our oyster feast we found an indoor spot to paint (at Gourmet Au Bay in Bodega Bay).

Bodega Bay

Lola & I enjoyed a wonderful painting excursion to nearby Bodega Bay one day. Too cold to paint outside, so we found a room with a view (and champagne) at Gourmet Au Bay.

Happy New Year!

Here's to a creative 2016!

Lola in the studio!

Photo makes studio space look more cramped than it is....Lola & I had a great time painting there today!