In the springtime, the hills of California shift quickly from the new greens sprouted by
winter rains to the golden browns that cover the hills throughout the hot, dry summer and fall.
Powerful Live Oaks are scattered across the vast fields, and in springtime
wild lupine and poppies add color to the slopes.
Eucalyptus Shadows, 24x30
Finding Shade, 11x14
Painted near Gizditch Ranch. It was lightly misting when I began the painting, but the day became wetter and eventually, with water in my easel and running down the painting, I had to stop. I went out again a few days and finished.
Green Hills Again, 12x16 sold
The sky after a rain often shows billowing clouds that are fun to paint.
Meadow Blues, 11x14 sold
Carmel Valley, lupine in the springtime.
Morning Walk, 9x12 sold
Painted early morning on third day of Carmel retreat 2017 in Carmel Valley off Lupine St. The empty meadow was still there with the for sale sign up.
Oak and Lupine, 11x14
Valley Heat, 11x14 sold
On the road to Tassajara on a warm day in late spring.
View from the Hill, 14x18
painting from UCSC, looking south at the Monterey Bay
Meadow Oak, 11x14
Fall Near the River, 14x18
Black Oak Gold, 11x14
Pinnacles Lupine, 11x14
Coastal Grazing, 12x24