It's overcast today (Saturday) so this landscape painter is finishing up paintings in the studio rather than out painting in plein air. This past week was a good one and I started plenty of paintings to put in line for finishing a bit later. When the conditions are perfect and fleeting I like to start as many paintings as possible so that I can capture the spirit of a composition and make enough color notes so that I can finish them up later in the studio.

The wildflowers are out in greater numbers than I remember for many years. The bloom right now is especially good in the south part of San Diego county. As the season goes on the wildflowers are sure to bloom in weeks to come in ever higher altitudes as well!! Gosh am I excited.

Here's a small painting -- am still very much fixated on miniatures -- of a beautiful poppy-filled field for your amusement.