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Last day in the Office

I made one last lunchtime painting before Lucasfilm sent everybody home because of C19. It’s of one of the officer houses across the street from work. I cut through this yard on the way to Cafe RX nearly every week day. It has these beautiful trees. I’m sure to do more paintings here, it’s just a lovely space and has great light.

plein air oil painting
light through the leaves
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Turtles Back Trail

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

alla prima plein air oil painting by Sterling Sheehy
Oil on wood Panel 8x10inches
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Buckeye Point After the Rain

It stopped raining for a bit so I drove over to China Camp State Park and painted the view looking west from Buckeye Point.

oil on board, 8x10in
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Trail painting

A quick lunchtime study. Looking north on the trail just below the arguello gate lookout, in the Persidio, San Francisco

water color based oil painting
8x10in oil on board
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Palace of Fine Arts South Lawn

walking by the pond
Oil on linen board, 1.5hrs, 20x25cm

A lunchtime plein air study at the palace of fine arts

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Wood Pile Hill Painting

oak tree painting
25×20 cm Oil on board.

A plein air study painted at the Robert Young Estate.

My boy Wiley and and I hiked up the hill behind my Grandmas house to do a little painting. It was blisteringly hot and we only lasted about 1.5hrs before we melted. Wiley was a champ, he painted for about twenty minutes then for the next hour shared an in-depth thesus on the pros and cons of different Minecraft hacks. We had a great time.

Below is his artistic contribution.

Wiley’s study oil on canvas
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Under the Picnic Table Oak Tree

Oil Painting by Sterling Sheehy
Oil on Canvas, 48×76 cm, June 29, 2019

Looking west over Alexander Valley. This is a plein air painting I made in the family vineyards. We were experiencing a heat wave that day and I started melting after three hours in the sun, so I painted what I could then turned tail and retreated to a swimming pool. A few days later I cleaned it up in the home studio.