Posts Tagged: painting

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…

Yellow Jacket Bush

Posted 2020/04/23 by Sterling

A battle with a hive of yellow jackets was once waged here, many lives were lost, today it’s just the…

Kitchen Corner

Posted 2020/04/21 by Sterling

Lunch time Plein air, quarantine addition. Today I sketched a corner of my kitchen .

Across the pond at Palace of Fine Art

Posted 2020/04/19 by Sterling

A lunchtime oil sketch from back in February. Standing on the east side of the pond looking west. Random side…

School House Blues

Posted 2020/04/16 by Sterling

The only upside to this Covid-19 pandemic is that I get to spend a lot more time with my boys.…

Easter Echium

Posted 2020/04/12 by Sterling

Spent the day social distancing in my moms garden, painting some lovely echium flowers. It was a beautiful warm 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.

Last day in the Office

Posted 2020/03/20 by Sterling

I made one last lunchtime painting before Lucasfilm sent everybody home because of C19. It’s of one of the officer…

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…

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.

Under the Picnic Table Oak Tree

Posted 2019/08/13 by Sterling

A plein air painting I made in the family vineyards.

My new En plein air setup

Posted 2019/06/12 by Sterling

My new painting pallet from prolific painter arrived in the mail so I took it up in the hills for…

Bought a new easel

Posted 2019/04/29 by Sterling

I bought the Daytripper Easel by Prolific Painter

The old oak painting

Posted 2019/04/29 by Sterling

I've returned to oil painting

Death the Cat

Posted 2017/07/27 by Sterling

Quick one hour painting done in Photoshop.

Sierra Side Painting

Posted 2017/02/06 by Sterling

After spending all day storyboarding action and drama, taking two hours to paint a landscape where nothing happens is pure…

Snowy Peak

Posted 2017/01/05 by Sterling

If I can’t go to the mountains then the mountains will come to me.  Painted this snowy landscape to remind…

Alex Gray

Posted 2016/10/03 by Sterling

I think on a subconscious level I’ve really been inspired by Alex Grays work. I was introduced to his art…