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Painting outside with MarkOne morning at the ArchAn afternoon at Camino Cabo EsteIn my words
Arch at Cabo
The light right nowWhat I painted at about this hour

The gallery

What I saw.
What I painted.

Before I start I take a photo of the place. When I’m done I photograph the painting. Side by side you can see what I kept, what I moved, and what the camera couldn’t see.

Photo of Chimney Rock, Point Reyes, at 10:11 am Chimney Rock at Point Reyes, the oil sketch Painted, photographed 12:05 pm Photographed, 10:11 am

Chimney Rock at Point Reyes, 20 January 2020

Two hours between these, and the cliff got a lot more orange.

Inside every frame

The place
is in the frame.

Hover over a painting and the frame shows you where I was standing. Every painting I have a photo of the place for can do this.

Devil’s Slide, oil sketchPhoto of Pacifica, California taken before painting Devil’s Slide
Devil’s SlideHover to see the placePhoto, 2:41 pm
Pacifica, California, 23 January 2019. Photo of the place at 2:41 pm; the painting at 3:32 pm.
Arch at Cabo, oil sketchPhoto of Land’s End, Cabo San Lucas taken before painting Arch at Cabo
Arch at CaboHover to see the placePhoto, 10:48 am
Land’s End, Cabo San Lucas, 22 February 2019. Photo of the place at 10:48 am; the painting at 11:53 am.
Natural Bridge, oil sketchPhoto of Bryce Canyon, Utah taken before painting Natural Bridge
Natural BridgeHover to see the placePhoto, 2:52 pm
Bryce Canyon, Utah, 16 March 2018. Photo of the place at 2:52 pm; the painting at 4:01 pm.
Tennessee Valley Beach, oil sketchPhoto of Marin, California taken before painting Tennessee Valley Beach
Tennessee Valley BeachHover to see the placePhoto, 10:26 am
Marin, California, 22 January 2020. Photo of the place at 10:26 am; the painting at 1:02 pm.

On the easel

Sometimes the easel
says it all.

Tidal Rocks at Cerritos on the easel in front of the placeTidal Rocks at Cerritos21 February 2020Whitewater on Cerritos Rocks on the easel in front of the placeWhitewater on Cerritos Rocks5 March 2020Pescadero Rocks on the easel in front of the placePescadero Rocks23 January 2020Wilder Beach Swells, Santa Cruz on the easel in front of the placeWilder Beach Swells, Santa Cruz26 January 2020Rocky Ridge, Carmel on the easel in front of the placeRocky Ridge, Carmel29 January 2020Heisler Park, Laguna on the easel in front of the placeHeisler Park, Laguna3 February 2020
Once a month

Letters from
the road.

New paintings, where I’m painting next, and the first look at new prints. One email a month, nothing else.