Posts Tagged: painting

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…

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.

Desk view

Posted 2020/04/07 by Sterling

A small officescape oil sketch I made before the Covid-19 quarantine went into effect.

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.

Gravel driveway

Posted 2020/03/25 by Sterling

Painted on a freezing, wet and dull January morning. The boys were sick so I set up shop at grandmas…

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.

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…

Jungle Book Poster

Posted 2019/12/03 by Sterling

I painted a Jungle book poster for my sons elementry school musical.

Rainy Day Bus Stop

Posted 2019/11/14 by Sterling

A thick misty drizzle started to fall over the Persidio today at lunch. It was nice to have a little…

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

Palms & Parrots

Posted 2019/11/07 by Sterling

Plain air lunch painting

Trail painting

Posted 2019/10/23 by Sterling

a lunchtime Plein Air oil painting

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…