You gotta love a sunrise, right?! I sure do and have been getting up extra early to catch that first light. All I have to do is step out on the deck and see what there is to see. Then go ahead and paint it... not so easy. How much pink should I use? It's really pink out there. And orange too. Then the blues! Whoa! Those delicate blues. OK, paint, get ready cause here I come!!

Here's the first of many sunrises fresh off my easel.


"Sunrise!", 12 inches by 12 inches on gallery wrapped stretched canvas, oil.

When it's cold and wet outside in San Diego it must be winter! Just talked to my Mom back east and she's got almost 30 inches of snow in the driveway so I can't complain about a little rain now, can I?!

Have been loving painting again and working on a couple of projects I thought I'd share here. There's the never-ending re-do habit I share with a lot of other artists I know. If a painting is sitting around for a while where I can see it there will be something I want to fuss with on it. So here's a better photo in better light of a painting I did a while back... with a little re-do going on.



And then there's this new project that's been brewing for a while that I'm really excited about. The basic strategy is to combine my two passions: drawing and painting. There's a more freely flowing use of imagery that can get complicated as the drawing and painting find their balance in each work. Here's the first and I have a few that need to be photographed... as soon as the sun makes a comeback. Can't be soon enough!!


"Pines", 12 inches by 12 inches. Mixed media.

And I'm fascinated by sunrises and have left sunsets in the dust... for the moment. Will post one soon:) Meanwhile, hope you're nice and warm. Good day for stew or soup. Let's break out our crock pots!!