En Plein Air

Painted on location, often in one sitting. These studies capture the feeling of a place, not just its image.

Oil Paintings

A dappled path through eucalyptus trees leading to a sandy patch

Natural Bridges Eucalyptus, 2025
oil on canvas, 16 × 12 in

A very green pond with sleepy ducks on a half-submerged log

Autumn Duck Pond, 2023
oil on canvas, 24 × 12 in

A view of a bridge crossing a frozen duck pond surrounded by bare trees

Winter Duck Pond, 2024
oil on canvas, 8 × 10 in

Purple and white sweet pea flowers in front of a brown fence

Sweet Peas, 2025
oil on canvas, 6 × 6 in

An impressionist representation of a crowd gathered beneath the trees of a botanical garden with a lamppost on the right

Jazz in the Gardens, 2023
oil on canvas, 16 × 20 in

A lonely figure made of metal, next to others that are only containers. They are kept in by a fence, we can see the city across the water from them

Gasworks, 2023
oil on canvas, 11 × 14 in

A rainy winter day at the arboretum. We can see the pond and a bench at the lawn across it.

Arboretum Rain, 2023
oil on canvas, 9 × 12 in

An oak tree twists up against a bright blue sky

Big Sur Oak, 2025
oil on canvas, 14 × 11 in

A lemon, flower, and leaf set on small rocks

Lakeside Lemon, 2023
oil on panel, 8 × 8 in

Painting of a dark colored home in the country. There are two umbrellas on the patio and a tree behind the home

Country Home, 2023
oil on panel, 9 × 12 in

Sea cliffs redecing into the distance at greyhound rock

Greyhound Cliffs, 2017
acrylic on canvas, 30 × 15 in

Gouache Studies

A crossing Elkhorn Slough as the fog rolls in

Elkhorn Slough, 2025
gouache on paper, 5.5 × 11 in

Left: Two fishers sit at the beach next to rocks as a wave breaks. Right: A view down a neighborhood street in Santa Cruz, CA.

Left: Fishers, Right: Neighborhood, 2024
gouache on paper, 5.5 × 11 in

A white sailboat floats behind a sunken old tugboat

Pillar Point Harbor, 2025
gouache on paper, 5.5 × 11 in

Fog creeping over the green coastal range and golden fields as seen from Hwy 280

280 Vista, 2025
gouache on paper, 5.5 × 11 in

Sea cliffs and parking lot at Waddell Creek

Waddell, 2025
gouache on paper, 5.5 × 11 in

Cliff, ocean, and small offshore rocks at Greyhound beach

Greyhound, 2025
gouache on paper, 5.5 × 11 in

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