Yearly Archives: 2022

Figure Drawings

Posted 2022/12/29 by Sterling

Every now and then I make it to the figure drawing nights at Rileystreet in San Rafael. Here is a…

Corte Madera from Ring Mountain

Posted 2022/12/28 by Sterling

It was a sunny day cast in a veil of thin fog. I hiked around the salt mash looking for…

Salmon Creek

Posted 2022/12/24 by Sterling

My brother wanted to go surfing out at Salmon Creek this morning so I tagged along to catch the sunrise.…

Tam from Hal Brown Park

Posted 2022/12/08 by Sterling

Stopped on the way back from the morning school drop off to paint Tam in the rain.

Bad Batch Season 2 Trailer

Posted 2022/12/07 by Sterling

More space adventures on the way. We just started working on this season when the pandemic hit and everyone had…

Bon Air Bridge

Posted 2022/12/07 by Sterling

Sunset painting from the Bon Air bridge looking north towards Ross.

Lucas Valley

Posted 2022/12/06 by Sterling

A concerned friend texted me about the beautiful weather yesterday and very colorfully insisted that I better be outside painting,…

Skywalker

Posted 2022/12/05 by Sterling

Stunningly beautiful skies over Marin today. The light was just perfect. Rolling rain clouds dragged their shadows across the hills…

Corte Madera Rain

Posted 2022/12/04 by Sterling

The weather was very dynamic today in Corte Madera. Dark rain clouds and blue sky. I didn’t want to get…

Terra Linda

Posted 2022/11/30 by Sterling

I did this painting a while back, it was a really beautiful afternoon but blazing hot. I didn’t last more…

Muddy Trails

Posted 2022/11/29 by Sterling

We got rain the other day and between showers I sloshed over to the salt mash trailhead to paint some…

Fall Vineyards

Posted 2022/11/27 by Sterling

After two weeks of Covid isolation I was finally out of the house with a very long to do list.…

A Brush with a bushtit

Posted 2022/11/20 by Sterling

It was an interesting morning on the ranch. A wild bushtit landed on my paint brush while I was working…

Quitter

Posted 2022/11/20 by Sterling

I decided to pull the plug on my Twitter account after all the drama and fallout from Elon buying the…

For Ralph

Posted 2022/08/29 by Sterling

Today I lost one of my closest friends to a long battle with cancer. I was introduced to Ralph Egglesston…

Dusk Behind the Woodshed

Posted 2022/06/20 by Sterling

Post fathers day taco dinner painting. It’s amazing how long the light lasts in the summer. Also amazing how predictably…

Footbridge

Posted 2022/06/09 by Sterling

I walk across this little bridge all the time to paint. It looked nice as the sun was going down…

Creekside Thicket

Posted 2022/06/06 by Sterling

I set up just as the sun disappeared behind Kentfield and painted through golden hour until I lost all my…

Creekside

Posted 2022/06/02 by Sterling

Between the deadlines at work, all the end of the school year events and friends getting hurt or sick. I’ve…

Swim Practice

Posted 2022/05/25 by Sterling

Hanging out at by the pool at Ann Curtis school of swimming in Terra Linda San Rafael.

Terra Linda Sunset

Posted 2022/05/25 by Sterling

There are a lot of drawings, paintings and films I’ve made over the years which I find hard to enjoy…

Into the Sun

Posted 2022/05/15 by Sterling

When I set up my gear the overcast sky led me to believe that it was going to be a…

Gold Country

Posted 2022/05/15 by Sterling

I had a great time with the kids on their fourth grade field trip to Sutter’s Mill this week. After…

Dive Practice

Posted 2022/05/01 by Sterling

The boys had their first swim competition on Saturday and it ignited their competitive spirit. We spent the rest of…

Ross Creek Sunset

Posted 2022/04/24 by Sterling

I think I’m loosing it. I went out to paint and forgot my paints and medium. Had to scrape my…

Kentfield Lunch

Posted 2022/04/19 by Sterling

On my lunch break I walked across the street from my apartment to paint the view looking west.

Windy Afternoon

Posted 2022/04/13 by Sterling

It was windy when I went out to paint on the salt marsh at lunch . I had my easel…

Echium Sunset

Posted 2022/04/03 by Sterling

I had a hour to paint between rummaging through storage and the rare no kids dinner reservation with Zeldie. The…

Post Rain Clouds

Posted 2022/03/19 by Sterling

I’ve been swamped with Star Wars work for the last two weeks and haven’t had much time to paint. Today…

Self Portrait

Posted 2022/03/04 by Sterling

It was raining, I didn’t want to go outside and there was no one else to paint.

Timelapse of Forbes Portrait

Posted 2022/03/03 by Sterling

I made a time lapse video of the portrait painting I did the other night.

By the Mail Box

Posted 2022/02/26 by Sterling

I set up in my brothers driveway for a quick painting and as I was finishing up, to my surprise,…

Forbes Latimer

Posted 2022/02/25 by Sterling

I was fortunate to road trip with the great Forbes Latimer for a few days down the west coast of…

Bleached Marsh

Posted 2022/02/18 by Sterling

Quick oil sketch this afternoon of the marsh across the street.

By the Vineyard Shop

Posted 2022/02/15 by Sterling

Quick morning sketch with a little bit of clean up at home. Looking west from the vineyard shop.

Oak on the Hill

Posted 2022/02/11 by Sterling

On the hill behinds mom’s looking east. It was a burn day and smoke from the neighbors left a thin…

The Village Corner

Posted 2022/02/09 by Sterling

Looking south from the parking lot in Ross towards the Village Corner and Breaking Away Bicycles. If you look close…

Lake Elizabeth Spillway

Posted 2022/02/08 by Sterling

Looking south across lake Elizabeth towards the spillway. The cows were about and their calves came over to watch me…

Morning Light

Posted 2022/02/07 by Sterling

Looking south down from the Greenbrae side of Corte Madera Creek towards Larkspur. First painting in a week or two…

Corte Madera Town Park

Posted 2022/02/06 by Sterling

I took the boys to play catch at the park today. Looking west towards Mt. Tam

Above the Solar Farm

Posted 2022/02/03 by Sterling

Looking south from the hill above the solar farm on a burn day. Very bright late morning with lots of…

From the Junkyard

Posted 2022/02/01 by Sterling

Looking west towards my uncle Fred’s house from the junkyard overlook after sunset.

Jack Rabbit Country

Posted 2022/01/25 by Sterling

I was on the north side on the ranch this morning and I set up in the fog. It cleared…

Grandma’s

Posted 2022/01/22 by Sterling

I lost my light about halfway into this painting and had to finish it up at home but that was…

Post Sunset Vineyards

Posted 2022/01/21 by Sterling

I was out at the ranch yesterday and was able to paint a quick sunset. This is the view across…

Sidewinder at Sugar Bowl

Posted 2022/01/19 by Sterling

More ski painting at Sugar Bowl! Here is the view looking west towards Mt. Disney from Sidewinder on a very…

The Palisades at Sugar Bowl

Posted 2022/01/18 by Sterling

I was at Sugar Bowl this last weekend and got to do a little ski painting. It was a lot…

Narrow Pass

Posted 2022/01/12 by Sterling

Quick lunch painting, looking south just below the trailhead of the Harry Allen Trail.

Robert Young Daisies

Posted 2022/01/11 by Sterling

Morning painting at the ranch, looking north towards Uncle Jim’s house. The daisies were out in force and the weather…

Clouds Over Ross

Posted 2022/01/08 by Sterling

Across the street from my apartment, looking north towards Ross. I dropped this painting in the dirt just as I…

Corte Madera Creek brush

Posted 2022/01/06 by Sterling

Behind the College of Marin tennis courts looking north on a dreary day.

Phoenix Lake Redwoods

Posted 2022/01/04 by Sterling

I hiked up to the lake to try and find some redwoods. My sister says I don’t paint redwoods enough.…

Bon Air Road

Posted 2022/01/02 by Sterling

Standing across the street from MarinHealth Medical Center looking west just before sunset.

Sleeping In

Posted 2022/01/02 by Sterling

New Years morning 2022.