Smoke Choke

Paintrd during california wild fires

200 year old friend

200 year old California Oak Tree

Ray of light

Wind Sand And Surf

After finishing this painting, I packrd up my paints and easel and set down the painting and a big wing blew Sand onto the painting and it stuck.

Veins of Nature

At the mout of Alpine Lake

Beautiful Eorld

Watering can with flowers is the 5th in a series of paintings on this theme

53 Chevy Truck

Painted for San Anselmo's Hot August Nights event

Country Road

Near Bon Tempe lake, great place for a bike ride or a nap

Crissy Field Architecture

Houses along Crissy Field, the middle house was once a post office.

Warming Hut #3

This is the third time I have done this view.

Only in Fairfax

Downtown Fairfax has a rich and lively feel. Modt of the buildings are gold, orange and warm colors

Fresh Cut #4

This is painting #4 done in a series of flowers in a watering can with hot pink and yellow background

Feature Presentation

Tamalpais Theater San Anselmo, CA
The Tamalpais opened in 1924-25 as the Tamalpais Community Playhouse.
It became a movie house a year later as the Tamalpais Theatre and included a $25,000 organ.
It was operated until 1976 by the Blumenfeld Theatre chain and from 1976 until closing in 1989 by Pacific Theatres

Facing East

At sunrise, the faces of most sunflowers are turned towards the east. ... To grow well, sunflowers need full sun.

Limantour Beach

Beautiful white sands and quiet beachs.
A little wind and few people.

Bridge For Sale

Golden Gate Bridge vied from above Marin Headlands

Somewhere Beyond The Sea

Beautiful warm day at Stinson Beach.

Nichelini Construction

This house was built around 1929 and is a real charmer. A few years ago it was restored and converted to be the office of Nichelini & Son's.
I painted this in two days. The advantage of this situation was that the morning sun lite the house for many hours.
Oil on canvas 24" x 18"

Daly Painting

One of my services is to offer house portraits. This is a home in Ross and the painting is 16" x 20" oil on canvas. The problem I had doing this painting was that the sun hardly shined on this house. But with a few kisses of sunlight the house came alive.

Looking Back

This is the second painting created in a yellow sun and purple shadows mood. We are looking at San Anselmo, Marin County. San Anselmo Ave "Looking Back" at Red Hill. This painting is 42" x 36" and is painted oil on canvas.

Angel Cheeks

I have waited a whole year to do this paintng. It was a commission for a friends birthday. She wanted Peonies flowers. There were none available. I looked almost everywhere. Fineally found three stems. The flower is delicate and not much definition. Their stems are hardy so that gave me a stronger foundation for the flowers to be painted. My background is light and pastel to support the pink flowers. The painting "Angel Cheeks" is 3' x 3' and was painted in oils on canvas.

Bali Hi

This is where many movies were filmed. I painted in the hot sun and then went snorkeling in the clear waterto cool off.

NaPali Coast

The NaPali Coast is spectacular. The jagget mountain range with warm color beaches and tourquois blue waters are aperfect place to paint.

Wailua River

Here we are on the Wailua River in Kauai at sunrise. Kauai has beautiful clowds and at early morning the sun shines on them changing colors of the clowds. Some mornings you can see the moon apear through passages of the clowds.

Penny's House

Penny the dog lives here in San Anselmo. This painting is one of my House Portraits. These are commissioned and take about two or three days to create. Most of the times I stand in front of a home and do the painting right there. Sometimes if more details are needed I will take a few detail photos and finish the painting at home. The purpose of the House Portrait is not to be to architure real but more of an impressionist painting. These paintings are great memory to own.

Art Center Two

Today, I decited that I would do a good thing. My friend John who owns Art Center Two is down sizing his stor and is moving out of the Cheda Building into smaller work space for his framing and art materials. I decited to do a painting of his store front. This will be a nice memory painting for him to have.

As I started the painting I painted a big mess. There i realized that out of messes we make we then can create something beautiful. I continued painting and finished it in about four hours.

Art Center Two at the Cheda Building, San Anselmo, CA. Oil on canvas, 30" x 15" painted 03.09.08

Ship In The Distance

When the sky turned blue and the ocean was slamming up against the rocks, I saw a ship on the horizon. That’s what made this painting work