Time simply gets away from me! I have had my head in the paints a lot lately and so not posted here to my blog. But I have lots of new landscape paintings for you to see! I'm very excited about this new crop of miniatures.

I am pushing myself to jump into more subjects I might not otherwise be drawn too, and that includes a lot of shadowed areas. I love the beautiful California sunshine and naturally go for the totally sunny view in my landscape paintings. But recently I have been looking at a lot of the old California Impressionists who painted in the late 1800s and early 1900s noticing that they emphasized the sun by giving the viewer plenty of shadow too. So that's what's coming off my easel! Here's a sample of my latest paintings.

"Arroyo in Spring" 6 by 8 inches, oil on canvas on panel.

"A Spring Walk", 6 by 8 inches, oil on canvas on panel.

"Big Oak and Poppies", 5 inches by 7 inches, oil on panel.

"Pacific Tide Pools", 6 inches by 8 inches, oil on canvas on panel.

"Poppies at Sunset", 6 inches by 8 inches, oil on canvas on panel.