Smith and Bybee Wetlands - seventeenth in series

20 March 2011
14" x 20", acrylic on paper

cat-approved alphabet - "H"

"H" is for hairball, which ended up in someone's shoe.

24 March 2011
10" x 6", gouache on paper

Belgian countryside, just outside Bruges

15 March 2011
8" x 10", acrylic on paper

I painted a couple other versions of this back in 2009 (posted January 2010), as well.

Portland - Mt Tabor Park

12 March 2011
8" x 10", acrylic on paper

This painting's of one of the footpaths leading up to Portland's own extinct volcano.

Kew Gardens, Richmond, UK

9 March 2011
8" x 10", acrylic on paper

This painting was from a virtual Google Street View tour.

Smith and Bybee Wetlands - sixteenth in series

8 March 2011
14" x 20", acrylic on paper

cat-approved alphabet - "G"

"G" is for grass - kitty grass, that is, a nice appetizer to stimulate a discriminating palate.

18 March 2011
10" x 6", gouache on paper

Smith and Bybee Wetlands - fifteenth in revived series

6 March 2011
8" x 10", acrylic on paper

return to Smith and Bybee Wetlands - fourteenth in an erstwhile series

4 March 2011
14" x 20", acrylic on paper

Back in October 2010 I posted a number of paintings of the Smith and Bybee Wetlands.  I also did a another version of number eleven in February (posted in March).  "Return to Smith and Bybee Wetlands" rather sounds like a bad sequel to a made-for-tv movie...

view from highway, south of Palo Alto

28 February 2011
5" x 7", acrylic on paper



Palo Alto, CA - Baylands Nature Preserve

26 February 2011
8" x 10", acrylic on paper

cat-approved alphabet - "F"

"F" is for fish, so fun to play with (... and perhaps eat?).

14 March 2011
10" x 6", gouache on paper

Virtual Paintout submission

13 April 2011
8" x 10", acrylic on paper

I just e-mailed my submission to Bill Guffey's April Virtual Paintout.  Click <here> for the Google Street View reference.

D5, Gasny, France

25 February 2011
8" x 10", acrylic on paper

Yup, found the reference picture for this painting via Google Street View.  The link is <here>.

Mill Lane, Cornwall, United Kingdom

24 February 2011
8" x 10", acrylic on paper

Here's yet more virtual touristing...  Must... travel... soon...  The Google Street View link is <here>.

thanks to one of my patrons!

One of my patrons sent me photographs of the framed paintings in their home (the paintings were originally posted here in November 2010)!  I thought the framing was really lovely.  Credit for the framing goes to Jessica at Beard's Framing.

Palo Alto, California - Arastradero Preserve

23 February 2011
5" x 7", acrylic on paper

North Yorkshire, UK, along the A684

22 February 2011
8" x 10", acrylic on paper

Here's more virtual touristing...  The Google Street View link is <here>.

cat-approved alphabet - "E"

"E" is elephant, unfortunate prey of our mighty hunter house cat - well, OK, it's just a stuffed, catnip elephant.

14 March 2011
10" x 6", gouache on paper

along Wheatley Road, Oxfordshire, UK

21 February 2011
8" x 10", acrylic on paper

This was another virtual travel, this time following waterways outside Oxford.  Click <here> for the Google Street View link.

Eger, Hungary (redux)

20 February 2011
8" x 10", acrylic on paper

I painted another version of this December 2010 (posted 10 January 2011).

North Yorkshire, United Kingdom (two versions)

20 February 2011
14" x 20", acrylic on paper

19 February 2011
8" x 10", acrylic on paper

I was doing some virtual touristing via Google Maps for this, following rivers and streams inland from Scarborough, UK.  Click <here> for Google Street View reference.

Eugene, Oregon - view from Skinner's Butte

18 February 2011
5" x 7", acrylic on paper

my show at Vivace has been extended!

Just an update: I was originally scheduled to take down my paintings on display at Vivace this coming Monday, 3 April, but my paintings will be up through the end of May now!

my contributions to Behind the Scenes' March Challenge

17 March 2011
8" x 10", acrylic on paper

18 March 2011
8" x 10", acrylic on paper

I thought I'd give PPASP's Behind the Scene's March Challenge a try.  Everyone's contributions are all posted now; click <here> to check them out, as well as link to the photo references.

cat-approved alphabet - "D"

"D" is for dish, preferrably with something yummy to eat in it.

10 March 2011
10" x 6", gouache on paper