Yearly Archives: 2023

Above the Presidio golf course

Posted 2023/10/17 by Sterling

There is a small glen between the corner of Compton Rd and Washington Blvd. It’s a bit overgrown with brambles,…

Crissy Field Overlook

Posted 2023/09/18 by Sterling

I was painting after work today, and usually, it’s super windy and cold over by the bridge as the fog…

Hellman Hollow XC Race

Posted 2023/09/09 by Sterling

I had to take my son to a cross country race in Golden Gate Park this morning, the Lowell Invitational.…

Redwood High School Cross County

Posted 2023/09/04 by Sterling

My son had cross country practice this morning in Tennessee Valley. While he ran with his friends I painted and…

Hamilton Park from Larkspur Lands

Posted 2023/09/04 by Sterling

A lazy Sunday with nice clouds. Painting the wide part of Corte Madera Creek looking east toward Greenbae and Corte…

Ross Hydrangeas

Posted 2023/08/23 by Sterling

If you are heading to the Phoenix Lake trailhead from Ross, you need to take Lagunitas Rd to get there.…

Battery Blaney

Posted 2023/08/10 by Sterling

There is this lovely grove of trees standing sentinel above Battery Blaney in the Presidio. I had to paint it.…

LDAC Pond Trees

Posted 2023/08/08 by Sterling

It was a busy day in the office so I didn’t have much time to paint at lunch. I set…

Rogue Vegetables

Posted 2023/08/06 by Sterling

I was at the ranch this weekend and after a morning bike ride with my brother, I set up to…

Funston from the Car

Posted 2023/08/03 by Sterling

It was far too cold and windy outside today so I retreated to the car and painted the houses on…

By the Bridge

Posted 2023/08/02 by Sterling

Looking south-east towards Corte Madera from the College of Marin gravel parking lot. There is a tall thicket of dead…

Piper park from Bon Air Landing park

Posted 2023/07/27 by Sterling

Morning Plein air painting from the public dock in Greenbae looking south towards Larkspur and the fog. The rowers were…

Dead Flowers

Posted 2023/07/25 by Sterling

I’m not sure what these plants are called, but I love how their flowers dry out and turn pale in…

National Cemetery from Battery Sherwood

Posted 2023/07/22 by Sterling

Traffic was heavy so I set up by Battery Sherwood to paint until it thinned out. This is the view…

Corner of Lincoln & Presidio Blvd from the YMCA parking lot

Posted 2023/07/20 by Sterling

I set up perpendicular to the Tennessee Hollow trail looking back towards the post office and LDAC. It was windy…

Presidio Main Post from Tunnel Tops

Posted 2023/07/19 by Sterling

Well, I tried to paint the main post twice. Two lunch breaks in a row, both days I didn’t have…

Woodlark Apartments

Posted 2023/07/09 by Sterling

The boys and I went to see Howl’s Moving Castle at the Lark Theater this afternoon and then after we…

Petlenuc Creek

Posted 2023/07/05 by Sterling

Today I set up on the Tennessee Hollow trail / Presidio Promenade Trail. Not sure which trail this is as…

Hal Brown Park at Creekside

Posted 2023/06/26 by Sterling

Last light painting on the salt marsh. This time from the north side bike path behind Marin Catholic looking south…

Lucasfilm Picnic

Posted 2023/06/24 by Sterling

The kids and I made our annual pilgrimage to the swimming pool at Skywalker Ranch. I am told there are…

President Biden Visits Larkspur

Posted 2023/06/21 by Sterling

The President of the United States flew into Larkspur yesterday, and Marine Helicopter Squadron One landed right across the street…

The Kentfield Landing Field

Posted 2023/06/16 by Sterling

The boys and I were shaken to our feet this afternoon by a thunderous roar. We bolted onto the balcony…

Piper Park from Doherty Drive

Posted 2023/06/01 by Sterling

I had an hour or two to paint, so I grabbed my kit and headed out. Driving towards downtown Larkspur,…

Larkspur Creek

Posted 2023/05/30 by Sterling

I was scouting around, looking for something to paint before the light faded and I found my way up Larkspur…

Healdsburg Twilight Parade

Posted 2023/05/26 by Sterling

Plein air painting of the annual Healdsburg Twilight parade

First Bloom

Posted 2023/05/21 by Sterling

It was a hot, clear day out in Sonoma. After a long morning run in the vineyards, I set up…

Dusk Weeds

Posted 2023/05/10 by Sterling

Twilight by the College of Marin Gravel Parking lot, looking west towards Kentfield.

Trees at Sunset

Posted 2023/05/08 by Sterling

Drinks at Internos and then a nice walk around the neighborhood looking for something to paint. The trees just across…

Persidio Battery

Posted 2023/05/04 by Sterling

May the fourth be with you! I drove into Lucasfilm today and on the way, I stopped to paint by…

Algae and Brush

Posted 2023/04/25 by Sterling

It was too hot in the apartment to think, so I stepped out for a little post-work painting by the…

Sakura

Posted 2023/04/15 by Sterling

While waiting for my brother and nieces to finish their farm chores, I painted a cherry tree in their little…

Piper Park Palms Painting

Posted 2023/04/13 by Sterling

Say that ten times fast. It was a windy afternoon at Piper Park in Larkspur, and I had to hold…

Larkspur Creek

Posted 2023/04/09 by Sterling

The kids are currently on vacation with their mom, so instead of going Easter egg hunting, I enjoyed a lovely…

Corner Poppies in Greenbrae

Posted 2023/04/06 by Sterling

Staring at neon orange poppies surrounded by shiny white cement and chrome electrical boxes for an hour was a painful…

Nob Hill Side Road

Posted 2023/03/21 by Sterling

Got one more snowy landscape in before driving back down the mountain. This one was just fifty meters east of…

Crows Nest from Jerome

Posted 2023/03/18 by Sterling

I had a fantastic day skiing at Sugar Bowl today, and even managed to squeeze in a quick painting before…

Distant Snow on Mt. Diablo

Posted 2023/03/05 by Sterling

Really clear sky’s in the Bay Area today. I could see the snowy cap of Mt. Diablo from the hills…

Via La Cumbre

Posted 2023/03/04 by Sterling

Rolling rain clouds and sun were present over Corte Madera and Larkspur today. It was a lovely panorama from the…

Alexander Valley Snow

Posted 2023/02/24 by Sterling

It snowed last night so the boys and I drove up the hill to check out the view from the…

Lost Sunset

Posted 2023/02/08 by Sterling

The light faded just as the painting was starting to get good. The golden hour had passed.

Rainy Day on the Ranch

Posted 2023/01/13 by Sterling

The heavy rain thinned out to a drizzle so I hiked up behind my mom’s to check the water level…

High Tide on Tamalpais Creek

Posted 2023/01/11 by Sterling

It was raining too hard to go out and paint so I stayed inside and worked from some stereoscopic reference…

Norther Alexander Valley

Posted 2023/01/08 by Sterling

On Geyserville Ave just south of Asti looking east towards the geysers.

Shaver Grade in the Rain

Posted 2023/01/05 by Sterling

The big storm hitting Marin took out the power at my apartment this afternoon so I went for a little…

New Year’s Oaks

Posted 2023/01/02 by Sterling

After a few days of rain and gray, New Year’s Day brought us crisp blue skies, green grass and sunshine.…