Beach Drive
Post work painting session. Looking South on Beach Drive in San Rafael around sunset. I’m really glad I had my LED lights, the sun dropped faster than I expected.
Red Hill Rooftop
Climbed up on my roof to clean the gutters but painted the view instead.
Boyd Memorial Park
Standing on the corner of B street and Mission Avenue in San Rafael looking west on a Smokey afternoon.
Another Smokey View
It’s gross outside. Smoke from the Willits fire has turned the whole neighborhood a peach hue.
Bald Hill Ridge Trailhead
Finally got away from my desk but I only had an hour before the sun set, so I quickly drove to the other side of San Anselmo, parked near the bald hill trailhead, walked a few feet past the gate and just started painting. The temperature started to drop, it’s the first time a while I needed a jacket while painting.
Morning Smoke
Looking out the living room window the air is heavy with smoke from the Napa and Sonoma fires. It’s a weird mix of purple and yellow greens. Strongly backlit in the morning light the view from my dinning room table continues to challenge me.
Mt. Tamalpais in the smoke
Rode my bike up the ridge above San Anselmo looking for something to paint. For me, painting Mt. Tam feels a bit like a Marin artist cliche and I usually try to avoid it, but this morning it looked very impressive in its veil of smoke from the fires in Sonoma and Napa.
Sunset View of Fires in Napa
Drove over to China Camp after work to paint the smoke from Napa and Sonoma. It made for a rather dramatic sunset as in blew in toward Marin. Good luck to all the family’s and fire crews in the path of the fires. Stay strong.
Backyard Brush
I was supposed to cut down brush but instead I found the chaos lovely and picked up my brush instead. I excel at being both lazy and productive at the same time.
Late day Summer light
Just looking down my driveway
