Painted from views from Bernal Heights in San Francisco.  Continuing my exploration of the line between abstraction and inner luminosity, this piece furthers the progression that has emerged over the last few years.  Oil on stretched linen.  This is on deep 1.5 inch stretcher bars with painted sides.  Suitable for hanging as-is for a more contemporary look.

Early morning just before the sun broke the horizon along the Carmel coast.  Oil on linen wrapped on 1.5 inch deep stretchers with painted sides.

Last light catching the top of the mountain range.  Moments like this last just seconds, but can burn into your memory for a lifetime.  Oil on linen on a 1.5 inch deep canvas with clean painted edges.

Early morning in one of California's most beautiful spots.  Paint on location.  Oil on linen mounted on gatorboard.

Oil on linen mounted on gatorboard.

This is from a backpacking trip.  This glorious view was how I was greeted the first morning as I looked over Lake Chickenfoot in the Red Rock Creek section of the eastern Sierra.  This is oil on linen, mounted on a gatorboard panel.  Framed in a silver leaf plein air style frame.

As a continuation of my obsessive exploration of grand skies and extreme lighting conditions, this piece explores the experience of a remarkable and unique moment in time.

This little shack out on the end of an old fishing wharf caught my attention for a painting.  Oil on linen, painted plein air.

Glowing vibrant skies have been the subject I'm most drawn to in this body of work.  This piece continues my exploration of this subject, juxtaposing purple clouds against an orange sky.  I integrated water into the foreground largely so that I could reflect the sun and balance out the composition.  Done from memory, this piece was completed over a number of painting sessions as the image slowly emerged from the canvas.

This imagined landscape is a channeling of years of different painting experiences.  Of late I've been starting paintings with only vague mental images of where I want to go.  Much as authors describe how characters they've created later take over and write the story themselves, these paintings take on a life of their as they develop.