Posts Tagged: grass

MacArthur Ave Paint-over

Posted 2024/09/17 by Sterling

There is something very satisfying about painting over your old work. The paint just goes down easier. You have the…

Cult Statue Sunset

Posted 2024/09/17 by Sterling

Hanging with the cyclographicult hommies at the statue, aka James A. Garfield, in Golden Gate Park. Looking west towards a…

Graham Street Palms

Posted 2024/05/30 by Sterling

I was painting in the Main Post of the Presidio at lunch today on Graham Street. It was a beautiful…

Little Brick Building

Posted 2024/05/14 by Sterling

I’m not sure what this little brick building off of McDowell Ave was, but I always thought it would make…

Simonds Loop

Posted 2024/02/12 by Sterling

Quick lunchtime painting on the hill above Lucasfilm, looking east. I’ve been slacking on posting my paintings lately. Just moved…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

Norther Alexander Valley

Posted 2023/01/08 by Sterling

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

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.…

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.

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…

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…

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…

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…

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,…

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…

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…

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…

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.

Bon Air Road

Posted 2022/01/02 by Sterling

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

Citron Fire Rd

Posted 2021/12/28 by Sterling

Misty rain this afternoon up on the hill above Larkspur.

Post Rain Vineyards

Posted 2021/12/15 by Sterling

I was in Alexander Valley this morning because I was told there was snow on the mountains yesterday. Alas, no…

Corte Madera Marsh Trees

Posted 2021/12/15 by Sterling

The rain stopped, the sun came out and there was a beautiful sunset over by the estuary in Corte Madera…

Morning on the Marsh

Posted 2021/12/01 by Sterling

There was a very lovely peach colored sunrise this morning. The light cut through the low misty fog and colored…

AV afternoon

Posted 2021/11/27 by Sterling

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

Mount Saint Helena from Alexander Valley

Posted 2021/11/21 by Sterling

I was in Healdsburg last weekend and had two free hours so I drove up to Lytton Springs Road and…

Misty Ring Mountain Rocks

Posted 2021/11/19 by Sterling

I woke before the sun so I hiked up to the top of the Ring Mountain Preserve hoping for a…

Corte Madera Creek 2nd pass

Posted 2021/11/16 by Sterling

The first pass of this painting never sat right with me. I was waiting for another over cast morning with…

Fountaingrove Overlook

Posted 2021/11/08 by Sterling

I had to stop on the way to Zeldie’s house to paint the dramatic clouds above Santa Rosa. I drove…

Tam from McInnis Park

Posted 2021/10/25 by Sterling

The post rain clouds were fantastic this afternoon. I caught them at the tail end of the day over at…

Post Rain Reeds

Posted 2021/10/25 by Sterling

Walked across the street to see what the heavy rains and flooding the day before had done to the salt…

Outgoing Tide

Posted 2021/10/19 by Sterling

Painting next to the footbridge behind Kent middle school. The tide went out faster than I expected and I saw…

Larkspur Morning

Posted 2021/10/09 by Sterling

After my morning coffee I stepped across the street to paint the salt mash. I like how shadows from the…

Harry Allen Trail

Posted 2021/10/08 by Sterling

Freezing and windy, that about sums up this mornings painting session. It’s was as if an invisible hand flipped a…

Behind Kent Middle School

Posted 2021/10/05 by Sterling

Lunch painting. Looking north behind the track by Kent Middle School next to Corte Madera Creek

Larkspur Salt Marsh

Posted 2021/10/05 by Sterling

This mornings painting of the salt marsh across the street. About 2hrs.

Mt. Tam from Larkspur

Posted 2021/09/20 by Sterling

My internet was down so I stepped across the street to paint while I waited for it to return. I…

Smokey Kentfield Sunset

Posted 2021/08/29 by Sterling

I’m back in Larkspur so instead of smokey vineyards now I get to paint smokey salt marshes. Here’s the view…

Behind Uncle Jim’s

Posted 2021/08/27 by Sterling

This morning I drove out to the creek behind my uncle Jim’s house and painted the view looking west. It’s…

Driveway Cactus

Posted 2021/06/24 by Sterling

Standing by the compost pile wasn’t awesome but the light on the cactus this afternoon was so… here’s another color…

Over by Uncle Fred’s

Posted 2021/06/21 by Sterling

Couldn’t paint the last few days because it was deadly hot. I’m not happy with this sketch but I am…

Sunday Morning Driveway

Posted 2021/06/13 by Sterling

Lovely day. Thought I would paint the view for the driveway while the boys had a lazy video game morning.…

Behind the house

Posted 2021/06/10 by Sterling

Up on the hill behind moms looking east. 1.5hr color study

Shop Oak

Posted 2021/06/07 by Sterling

Crazy windy once again. This is over by the vineyard shop looking east. 1.5hr

Looking West, Again

Posted 2021/05/26 by Sterling

Had another go painting the view towards Francis Ford Coppola Winery. Went a bit earlier and got lucky as the…

Looking West

Posted 2021/05/24 by Sterling

Road the four wheeler up the hill and painted the view looking west towards Francis Ford Coppola winery. Once again,…

Windy Vineyards

Posted 2021/05/20 by Sterling

Huddled behind my car for shelter, I still had to hang on to my painting with one hand just to…

Blue Gum Morning

Posted 2021/05/08 by Sterling

Spent the morning reading good reviews for The Bad Batch, which was nice, then walked behind the house and painted…

Oaks on the hill

Posted 2021/04/28 by Sterling

Well I guess summer is here. I nearly melted in the heat of the sun while painting this and the…

Farm Pond

Posted 2021/04/20 by Sterling

Plein Air 1.5hr Study of one of the ponds on the family ranch.

Phoenix Lake Dam

Posted 2021/02/23 by Sterling

Cruised up and over Bald hill on my bike looking for a place to draw but the light wasn’t great…

Ross Common

Posted 2020/11/05 by Sterling

I was painting by the post office steps today in Ross, CA and heard a great deal of cautiously optimistic…

In the shade of the oaks

Posted 2020/09/28 by Sterling

It was very hot and dry in Alexander Valley yesterday. I spent my afternoon standing in the shade of an…

Bald Hill Ridge Trailhead

Posted 2020/08/29 by Sterling

Finally got away from my desk but I only had an hour before the sun set, so I quickly drove…

Oleander

Posted 2020/06/08 by Sterling

I ran out of panel boards to paint on, oh the joys of social distancing, finally made some more and…

The Old Barn

Posted 2020/05/10 by Sterling

This afternoon I drove to the family ranch to enjoy a social distancing mother’s day BBQ. Emerging from self isolation…

Alpine Lake Tree

Posted 2020/05/09 by Sterling

Rode my gravel bike out to Alpine Lake and painted a tree next to the side of the water

Crooked Staircase

Posted 2020/04/29 by Sterling

I painted the unkept hillside to the south of my house from my living room window. Gravity is slowly pulling…

The driveway north

Posted 2020/04/11 by Sterling

Another quarantine painting. This is the view looking down my driveway toward Terrace Ave, San Anselmo. In addition I made…

Driveway

Posted 2020/04/10 by Sterling

I painted the driveway behind my house.

Upton Ave Palms

Posted 2020/04/01 by Sterling

A Persidio lunchtime painting from January. looking south from the picnic table at the Persidio Institute on a misty afternoon.

Persido Overlook Gum Trees

Posted 2020/03/28 by Sterling

Looking west towards one of the Baker Beach overlook parking lots, in the Persidio, San Francisco.

New Growth

Posted 2020/03/24 by Sterling

No thanks to the Kincade fire, the family ranch had been charred black for weeks, then we had our first…

On Ring Mountain

Posted 2020/03/21 by Sterling

Avoiding C19, people and our iPads, my boys and I escaped the house for a hike up Ring Mountain.

Turtles Back Trail

Posted 2020/01/05 by Sterling

Painting in China Camp State Park again. This time on the Turtles Back hiking loop looking south towards the road.

Buckeye Point After the Rain

Posted 2019/12/08 by Sterling

It stopped raining for a bit so I drove over to China Camp State Park and painted the view looking…

Baker Beach overlook

Posted 2019/11/12 by Sterling

Lunchtime plein air painting. Not far from the road over looking Baker Beach in the Persidio, San Francisco

Palace of Fine Arts South Lawn

Posted 2019/08/18 by Sterling

A lunchtime plein air study at the palace of fine arts

Wood Pile Hill Painting

Posted 2019/08/16 by Sterling

A plein air study painted at the Robert Young Estate.

The old oak painting

Posted 2019/04/29 by Sterling

I've returned to oil painting

Out Come the Wolves

Posted 2017/12/03 by Sterling

I've been sitting on this painting for a few months, it wasn't concept art for the show, just a fan…

Upper Sacramento River

Posted 2017/08/20 by Sterling

Painting of the Upper Sacramento, in Dunsmuir CA.