The Watery Cave

The Watery Cave

On the third morning of our Channel Islands Plein Air Painting excursion, we attempted to anchor at Santa Rosa island. Captain Jerry said that the winds and swells were not going to allow for a good safe harbor, so after a brief bit of motoring around the island, we...

The Flower Farm

Last Saturday, the Studio Channel Islands Art Center gang descended on a flower farm in Somis, CA. On what was a beautiful morning with some billowy clouds above, many of us wondered around looking down rows of flowers to find inspiration for a morning painting. I was...
Figure Painting

Figure Painting

Tonight I begin again. Camarillo Figure Artists is the new group I will be hosting. It is a group of artists gathered to find our way through the evening while drawing or painting a figure with some snacks and perhaps a glass of wine in hand. In many ways this is my...