This is for Holly’s birthday present. Last week, we went to Discovery Park and walked along the beach. I brought home this shell. I will give it to her with the painting. Acrylic on Canvas. 6” by 9 ” I’ve been thinking about doing this painting ever since I took the shell from its home.…

Yesterday morning, I wanted to wear something festive to Ada’s Technical Books’ Tolkien Reading Day, but I don’t really have any costumes. I did have a black shirt and some acrylic paint. I used an old yogurt box to separate the front of the shirt from the back of the shirt. This prevents the paint…

There was this trend on Facebook going around where you would invite people to make art and in return you’d make art for them. Two people responded and two paintings were sent out into the world. Each included a card that said “Make art.”

I made this painting today. It’s a present for someone’s 85th birthday. After finding out her favorite flower is a chrysanthemum, I bought this lovely bouquet of flowers from Trader Joe’s and made this. I’ve been thinking about patterns. Especially organic and imperfect patterns that have a certain flow to them as if they are…

This is  composite of images. A reference photo for a commission for a birthday present. I think most of my paintings are birthday presents.   Here’s after three hours at the canvas. I think I’m going to add a yellow wash and then a darker wash over the rockface to make it a little more…

I started a new painting today. It’s a landscape. Here is the sketch layer. Looks promising.