Blue Sky Art Center

So, if you’ve been watching my blog for any length of time, you would have heard me dreaming of the day when I could open an art center where a generous amount life and creativity would flow.  I am compelled to help myself and others to have eyes to see and a...

Limonera Way

I am so glad to be back in the groove after getting moved into my new studio. The SCIART Studios have so much energy. I hope to see many new faces wondering through the studios now that we have all come together into one place.  Not since my college days have I been...

Two for the Show

While spending a week soaking up the sun, making new friends and eating sparsely from my ice chest, I also painted at the San Onofre surf beach. I want to share one of the images here called “Two for the Show.” When I asked Jack, my VW man what year the...

My El Matador Morning

The View Through — 8″x10″ Oil on Birch Board The Ventura County chapter of the California Art Club hosted their monthly paint-out at El Matador State Beach this morning. I know… its LA County, but whateveh! I think I was the first one there at 9am,...

Wonderment

Here is the text from my speech today at the annual Arts Council of the Conejo Valley board installation… ———- The Arts – That is what we are a council of. The Arts Council of the Conejo Valley. We are “The VOICE of the Arts”....

1980 Schwinn Typhoon Beach Cruiser

Well, I finally finished a small project that I have been wanting to do for a long while. Back around 1980 Dad bought a couple of beach cruisers and brought them home. I am not exactly sure why, but there they were and they were so cool to have around. When I went to...

Beach run

The other day my son and I changed the shocks on the bus. I drove to the coast for a test drive and a cigar. OMG… what a difference! She corners soooo much better. As I was passing the strawberry and cabbage fields in Camarillo I was thinking… It makes me...

The Beach Hat

A hot summer day under the pier in Huntington Beach, CA. I was trying to capture a photo of the beautiful shadows, when this young woman stepped right in front of me. A bit hurried, she grabbed her hat, and then dashed of to her destination. I shot the photo and said...

Central Coastal Colors

So, I had a very nice week to paint in and around San Luis Obispo with a few artists from the California Art Club. The weather was nice, but scattered showers caused the fair weather artists to stay indoors. I did a total of 5 plein air studies and a still life. I...