Oil Painting - "Moody Blue"

36" x 48"  Oil on canvas.  SOLD.

Merry Christmas dear friends!  I'm down in  Laguna Hills, CA visiting family for the holidays.  This is one of the large paintings I created in my home studio during the month of October.  This is the kind of scene I see when I travel to our rental cabins which we operate during the summer months.  

I hope you are all enjoying the holidays.  Thank you for viewing my blog.  

Salty Man of the Sea!

9" x 12"  Oil on panel.  

This was painted about two weeks ago of my husband!  I didn't really name it "Salty Man of the Sea" but it does seem fitting.  He is a boat captain and he does look a little salty in this painting!  He kindly sat for me in our home for about 2.5 or 3 hours (20 minutes with short breaks)  so I could paint him.  I'm pretty happy with it though the bright spot light was in his eyes a little too much and I did not realize he was squinting! 

Portrait in Oil - "Hana"

16" x 20"  Oil on panel.  Available here.

I painted this portrait yesterday form a live model.  This lovely young woman came to my studio and sat for me.  It took 3 hours for the initial sitting.  Then about an other hour today to make a few small adjustments.  I feel pretty happy with it.  I did add the nose ring that she was wearing.  I thought, why not, just put it in there.  She was a wonderful model, I would like to paint her again.  

Oil Painting - "Clearing Skies"

36" x 48"  Oil on canvas.  Available here.

I don't think my last two postings went out to the in boxes like they were suppose to.  I'm not sure why that happens but when it does I can't seem to fix it.   This is one of the large paintings I was working on in my studio last month.  This scene is form the very end of downtown looking south out to the bay.  The rain had come and gone and the skies were beginning to clear up.  Sunshine was on the distant islands and blue was breaking through the clouds.  It is a challenge to paint large like this. To keep the paint thick enough and the paint strokes fresh.