Posts Tagged: water

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…

For Ralph

Posted 2022/08/29 by Sterling

Today I lost one of my closest friends to a long battle with cancer. I was introduced to Ralph Egglesston…

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…

Swim Practice

Posted 2022/05/25 by Sterling

Hanging out at by the pool at Ann Curtis school of swimming in Terra Linda San Rafael.

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…

Gold Country

Posted 2022/05/15 by Sterling

I had a great time with the kids on their fourth grade field trip to Sutter’s Mill this week. After…

Dive Practice

Posted 2022/05/01 by Sterling

The boys had their first swim competition on Saturday and it ignited their competitive spirit. We spent the rest of…

Ross Creek Sunset

Posted 2022/04/24 by Sterling

I think I’m loosing it. I went out to paint and forgot my paints and medium. Had to scrape my…

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…

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…

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.

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…

Hal Brown Park

Posted 2021/12/07 by Sterling

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

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…

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…

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…

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…

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.

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…

Garden Fountain

Posted 2021/08/12 by Sterling

Painting on an overcast day in mom’s garden.

Splashmasters

Posted 2021/08/08 by Sterling

After a few days on the road, it was really nice to paint and spend some time with the kids.…

Farm Pond

Posted 2021/04/20 by Sterling

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

Beach Drive

Posted 2020/09/21 by Sterling

Post work painting session. Looking South on Beach Drive in San Rafael around sunset. I’m really glad I had my…

By the pool

Posted 2020/06/21 by Sterling

I took the boys for a swim and was able to get a quick oil sketch in.

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

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…

Palace of Fine Arts South Lawn

Posted 2019/08/18 by Sterling

A lunchtime plein air study at the palace of fine arts

Upper Sacramento River

Posted 2017/08/20 by Sterling

Painting of the Upper Sacramento, in Dunsmuir CA.

Rocky Shoal

Posted 2017/08/17 by Sterling

A quick beach painting I made while my boys got ready for bed. Kids are jumping all over the place,…

Lake Sketch

Posted 2017/08/11 by Sterling

A lake sketch I painted to test out ArtRage on my new iMac.

Rock Hoping

Posted 2017/08/08 by Sterling

Playing with some new photoshop brushes.

All Washed Up

Posted 2017/08/08 by Sterling

Dick and Don, go for a little swim in the river.

Dead tree bridge

Posted 2017/08/08 by Sterling

cartoon: Dick and Don Try to cross a river

Crags

Posted 2017/07/31 by Sterling

Visited Sugarloaf Ridge State Park last weekend and painted this on my iPhone while chilling in my tent at night.

Death the Cat

Posted 2017/07/27 by Sterling

Quick one hour painting done in Photoshop.

Little Bridge Sketch

Posted 2017/02/20 by Sterling

Doodling while waiting for some downloads to finish.  Painted this washed out little bridge.

Fleet Week beach day

Posted 2016/10/09 by Sterling

Fleet week watercolor drawing.

Smokey Beach

Posted 2015/12/17 by Sterling

Had a quiet day. Made this painting.

Ship Graveyard

Posted 2013/10/13 by Sterling

Another Wakefield concept piece.

Floating Down Main Street story panel

Posted 2012/09/10 by Sterling

I don’t know how but this story panel got lost in the shuffle. It is from the beginning of the…

Freeing the Martyr

Posted 2012/08/28 by Sterling

A few more Wakefield storyboard panels to add to the collection.

Drawing at the median

Posted 2012/08/25 by Sterling

I've reached a milestone and moved past the halfway point of this sketchbook. Only thirty or so more pages to…

Escaping the House of Gold

Posted 2012/08/24 by Sterling

Added another Wakefield water-color doodle to my sketchbook last night. I penciled in a few more panels as well but…

Broken dreams

Posted 2012/08/14 by Sterling

A few more pages from my sketchbook. More Wakefield story doodles. I’m having fun with this sequence so I think…

A House of Gold

Posted 2012/08/07 by Sterling

A few more pages pulled from my sketchbook. This is part of an ongoing storm sequence from my wakefield project.

Across the Threshold

Posted 2012/07/28 by Sterling

A few more water-color doodles from my current sketchbook.

The Rescue

Posted 2012/07/19 by Sterling

Dick and Don: The secret passage: Update

Posted 2012/06/11 by Sterling

This is an updated pass of a previously posted story sequence. I expanded the scene to include an underground lake…

Dim Sum iPad Painting

Posted 2012/04/05 by Sterling

Painted this one on the 'ol iPad while at Dim Sum the other day.

Painting by the Waters Edge

Posted 2012/02/01 by Sterling

I’v started a new oil painting and have been working down on the beach near our apartment in Hong Kong.…

Hauling in the Nets

Posted 2011/12/26 by Sterling

This afternoons iPad doodle is of fishermen pulling in their catch. My dad was a fishing guide so I have…

Programable Paintings

Posted 2011/07/28 by Sterling

ArtRage Studio Pro is the newest weapon in my digital painting arsonal and quite possibly the most powerful. The selling…

Underwater House

Posted 2011/06/28 by Sterling

Todays iPad painting is an underwater take on Wakefield's house. In the story Wakefield and company drift around the ocean…

The White City

Posted 2011/06/01 by Sterling

Above is an painting I have been working on for the last few days. Not Steadily but in short little…

And so it begins!

Posted 2008/07/23 by Sterling

This is the first posting to my new wayward blog. I've done a lot of work connected to that name.…