PASTURES AND VINEYARDS
The farms, pastures, orchards and vineyards of California's central coast are productive lands full of natural beauty.
Dahlia Farm
Eucalyptus Shadows, 24x30
Fall Near the River, 14x18
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.
Hereford Ranch
Horse Haven
Le printemps, 18x24
Meadow Oak, 11x14
Pleasant Valley, 11x14
Painted near the Thomas Farm in Pleasant Valley, Corralitos, CA Late afternoon shadows and bright light on the vines made for interesting patterns and contrast.
SOLD Vines with a View
Vines with a View, oil on canvas. 12x16
SOLD Windy Hill Vineyard
original oil painting, 12x16. Painted at the vineyard beside the Windy Hill Winery during the 2019 PVAC plein air event "Our Bounty", which celebrated the farms, ranches and vineyards of the Monterey Bay area of California. Sold.
Up the Valley
View from the Hill, 14x18
painting from UCSC, looking south at the Monterey Bay
View of Struve Slough
Windswept Oaks
In the springtime, the hills of California shift quickly from the new greens sprouted by winter rains to the golden browns and later reds 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. All these natural changes and colors are background for and reflected on the bountiful lands where our foods are grown.