Posts Tagged: trees

Above the Presidio golf course

Posted 2023/10/17 by Sterling

There is a small glen between the corner of Compton Rd and Washington Blvd. It’s a bit overgrown with brambles,…

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…

Ross Hydrangeas

Posted 2023/08/23 by Sterling

If you are heading to the Phoenix Lake trailhead from Ross, you need to take Lagunitas Rd to get there.…

Battery Blaney

Posted 2023/08/10 by Sterling

There is this lovely grove of trees standing sentinel above Battery Blaney in the Presidio. I had to paint it.…

LDAC Pond Trees

Posted 2023/08/08 by Sterling

It was a busy day in the office so I didn’t have much time to paint at lunch. I set…

Funston from the Car

Posted 2023/08/03 by Sterling

It was far too cold and windy outside today so I retreated to the car and painted the houses on…

Piper park from Bon Air Landing park

Posted 2023/07/27 by Sterling

Morning Plein air painting from the public dock in Greenbae looking south towards Larkspur and the fog. The rowers were…

National Cemetery from Battery Sherwood

Posted 2023/07/22 by Sterling

Traffic was heavy so I set up by Battery Sherwood to paint until it thinned out. This is the view…

Corner of Lincoln & Presidio Blvd from the YMCA parking lot

Posted 2023/07/20 by Sterling

I set up perpendicular to the Tennessee Hollow trail looking back towards the post office and LDAC. It was windy…

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…

Woodlark Apartments

Posted 2023/07/09 by Sterling

The boys and I went to see Howl’s Moving Castle at the Lark Theater this afternoon and then after we…

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…

Hal Brown Park at Creekside

Posted 2023/06/26 by Sterling

Last light painting on the salt marsh. This time from the north side bike path behind Marin Catholic looking south…

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…

The Kentfield Landing Field

Posted 2023/06/16 by Sterling

The boys and I were shaken to our feet this afternoon by a thunderous roar. We bolted onto the balcony…

Piper Park from Doherty Drive

Posted 2023/06/01 by Sterling

I had an hour or two to paint, so I grabbed my kit and headed out. Driving towards downtown Larkspur,…

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…

Healdsburg Twilight Parade

Posted 2023/05/26 by Sterling

Plein air painting of the annual Healdsburg Twilight parade

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…

Persidio Battery

Posted 2023/05/04 by Sterling

May the fourth be with you! I drove into Lucasfilm today and on the way, I stopped to paint by…

Sakura

Posted 2023/04/15 by Sterling

While waiting for my brother and nieces to finish their farm chores, I painted a cherry tree in their little…

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…

Nob Hill Side Road

Posted 2023/03/21 by Sterling

Got one more snowy landscape in before driving back down the mountain. This one was just fifty meters east of…

Crows Nest from Jerome

Posted 2023/03/18 by Sterling

I had a fantastic day skiing at Sugar Bowl today, and even managed to squeeze in a quick painting before…

Distant Snow on Mt. Diablo

Posted 2023/03/05 by Sterling

Really clear sky’s in the Bay Area today. I could see the snowy cap of Mt. Diablo from the hills…

Alexander Valley Snow

Posted 2023/02/24 by Sterling

It snowed last night so the boys and I drove up the hill to check out the view from the…

Lost Sunset

Posted 2023/02/08 by Sterling

The light faded just as the painting was starting to get good. The golden hour had passed.

Shaver Grade in the Rain

Posted 2023/01/05 by Sterling

The big storm hitting Marin took out the power at my apartment this afternoon so I went for a little…

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.…

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,…

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…

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…

Creekside Thicket

Posted 2022/06/06 by Sterling

I set up just as the sun disappeared behind Kentfield and painted through golden hour until I lost all my…

Creekside

Posted 2022/06/02 by Sterling

Between the deadlines at work, all the end of the school year events and friends getting hurt or sick. I’ve…

Terra Linda Sunset

Posted 2022/05/25 by Sterling

There are a lot of drawings, paintings and films I’ve made over the years which I find hard to enjoy…

Into the Sun

Posted 2022/05/15 by Sterling

When I set up my gear the overcast sky led me to believe that it was going to be a…

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.

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…

Morning Light

Posted 2022/02/07 by Sterling

Looking south down from the Greenbrae side of Corte Madera Creek towards Larkspur. First painting in a week or two…

Corte Madera Town Park

Posted 2022/02/06 by Sterling

I took the boys to play catch at the park today. Looking west towards Mt. Tam

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…

Sidewinder at Sugar Bowl

Posted 2022/01/19 by Sterling

More ski painting at Sugar Bowl! Here is the view looking west towards Mt. Disney from Sidewinder on a very…

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.

Phoenix Lake Redwoods

Posted 2022/01/04 by Sterling

I hiked up to the lake to try and find some redwoods. My sister says I don’t paint redwoods enough.…

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.

Clouds Above the Bay Club

Posted 2021/12/08 by Sterling

There were some great clouds yesterday over by Marin General Hospital. This is the view looking north across the street…

Hal Brown Park

Posted 2021/12/07 by Sterling

Looking south over the salt marsh towards the bridge from Hal Brown Park at Creekside.

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…

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…

Phoenix Lake Shrooms

Posted 2021/11/12 by Sterling

Lunchtime painting. I walked up the creek towards the Phoenix Lake spillway and found a lot of fungi blooming on…

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…

Clouds Over Kentfield

Posted 2021/10/26 by Sterling

Lunchtime painting over by the Tamalpais Creek bridge, Looking west towards Kentfield. Really wet on the trails after the storm,…

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…

Morning Clouds Above AV

Posted 2021/10/23 by Sterling

I drove up to the ranch yesterday morning and just as I got to Alexander Valley the rain began to…

Winery Driveway

Posted 2021/10/22 by Sterling

The light yesterday afternoon were pretty fantastic. I had some time before driving back down to Marin so I swung…

First Rain

Posted 2021/10/17 by Sterling

Big deal here in drought stricken Marin CA, it actually rained! Excitedly I took my gear across the street and…

Creekside Dawn

Posted 2021/10/11 by Sterling

The wind woke me up around four this morning and after a fruitless effort to go back to sleep, I…

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

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…

Corte Madera Creek

Posted 2021/09/03 by Sterling

I’m not sure where the boarder between Kentfield and Larkspur is but it’s probably about where I painted this. This…

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…

Mom’s garden

Posted 2021/07/11 by Sterling

Woke up early to avoid the heat and while I was having my coffee the light pouring down from the…

Patio Fading Light

Posted 2021/07/06 by Sterling

Quick low-light oil sketch of Alexander Valley after sunset. 1hr

Pruned Echium

Posted 2021/06/26 by Sterling

Post dinner patio color study. 1hr. Mom pruned the Pride of Madeira last week and it was looking pretty sharp.…

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…

Fire in Alexander Valley

Posted 2021/06/15 by Sterling

I looked up from my lunch to see smoke rising from the middle of the valley. At first it looked…

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

Geysers overlook

Posted 2021/06/04 by Sterling

After dinner I drove up the mountain towards the Geysers and pulled off at the first big pullout above the…

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 back

Posted 2021/05/10 by Sterling

Before dinner I rode the four wheeler over to the lookout and painted the view back towards the Sheehy and…

Dam it

Posted 2021/05/09 by Sterling

Had a nice Mother’s Day with mom but I was late out the door again and didn’t have much time…

Dwindling light

Posted 2021/05/08 by Sterling

Found my motivation way too late. After dragging my heals I finally made it out the door only to realize…

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…

Todd’s Garden

Posted 2021/05/03 by Sterling

Post dinner color study of my brothers garden. 1.5hr

Evening light

Posted 2021/04/30 by Sterling

Quick post sunset half hour color study. Looking west towards Healdsburg from Alexander Valley.

Looking South

Posted 2021/04/30 by Sterling

On the hill above my brothers place on a bright afternoon. It was mid day and way way too bright.…

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…

Trespassing

Posted 2021/04/27 by Sterling

The neighbor’s security detail thought I was an intruder so they called me in and I got a visit from…

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…

Miracle Mile

Posted 2020/11/09 by Sterling

Walked down the hill to catch the last rays of light and the evening commute here in San Anselmo.

San Anselmo

Posted 2020/11/07 by Sterling

Spent the afternoon in downtown San Anselmo trying capture the warm atmosphere of all the families celebrating the victory of…