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Fall Vineyards

After two weeks of Covid isolation I was finally out of the house with a very long to do list. Yesterday I built a set for the school play and this morning the boys and I got a Christmas tree. I had to drive up to the ranch to find all of our lights and ornaments. The fall colors there were really nice so took a long overdue painting break and set up just south of my Uncle Jim’s, Looking towards my cousin Steve’s place. Bob Johnson, stopped by to say hello while I was painting and we had a very nice chat about the state of the arts. Then I was back on the road south to Marin.

9x12in oil on linen panel
Artist view
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AV afternoon

Started this outside on Friday but had to run and so I finished it up at home.

oil painting
9x12in oil on panel
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Thanksgiving Hills

Hiked up the hill with the boys with pick and shovel in hand. They were on a mission to dig a trench for a future nerf war. I just wanted to kill an hour before heading off to the family gathering.

I’m pretty disappointed with this as a piece but it looks ok in the landscape

9x12in oil on panel
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Mount Saint Helena from Alexander Valley

I was in Healdsburg last weekend and had two free hours so I drove up to Lytton Springs Road and then cut up Geyserville Ave looking for a nice landscape to paint. After a short exploration I found a place to pull over near Vinwood Cellars that had a good elevated view of the valley. It was a lovely afternoon to paint but I had to work fast as the shadow from the mountains behind me was creeping up fast. When the panel falls into shadow I can’t match the colors any more and that’s the end of it.

oil painting
9x12in oil on panel
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Phoenix Lake Shrooms

Lunchtime painting. I walked up the creek towards the Phoenix Lake spillway and found a lot of fungi blooming on a tree. iNaturalist tells me these are Smokey Polypore mushrooms.

oil Painting
9x12in oil on panel
POV
Artists view, of the creek and painting