I painted this over the California 'winter', when the rains bring out the wildflowers.  Classic valley view with distant hills visible.  

This is an oil painting on board (gatorboard).

I painting this right outside my front door one day.  I had planned to take a long drive to the coast to paint, but this scene caught my eye as I was loading up and I just had to stop and try to capture the feel of it in paint.