Update

The good news is that my neck/arm/back crises is finally resolved enough that I was able to start painting a little bit last night and even longer today. Yaay! So I began working on a painting of Santa Fe I had sketched a few weeks ago. Fortunately my hands still remembered what to do and it feels so good to paint again. I hope to be able to post it next week.

One positive outcome of being unable to paint for so many weeks is that I managed to get a few things accomplished for my home and car that had needed some attention.

Olives. Homage to Reyes

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Oils on Canvas.


Well, I still have not been able to paint because of my neck problem, nor sit at the computer, nor type for more than a couple of minutes at a time so this is another week without a new painting. But so that I at least have something for you this week I thought I would write you a quick note.

A painting I posted some time ago called Olives. Homage to Reyes, was chosen by juried selection for the current San Diego Art Institute Museum of the Living Artist show. The show has now ended, but the painting is available for viewing at the Yessy Gallery by clicking and Title above.

Sausalito SOLD

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Size: 36 x 36 x 1.5
Medium: Oils on Canvas


An abstract for this week means a MiniScape for next week. This week's listing was sold before posting to a customer in WA. She has collected several so far for her breast cancer fundraiser, which is especially signifant to her because her close friend was recently diagnosed. Please keep Diane in your prayers.

The new MiniScape I am working on will be either of either Santa Fe, NM or San Francisco. But you never know. I could end up painting another location entirely. So you will just have to tune in next week to find out!

The C & K House - SOLD

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Size: 8" x 6" x 1.5"
Medium: Oils on canvas.


My friend Linda is a Realtor and ordered this Mini HomeScape as a closing gift for her clients who bought the home represented here, in Carlsbad, CA. Batiquitos Lagoon can be seen in the background, coastal homes along the right, two culs-de-sac within the development in the foreground, surrounded by greenbelt and golf course. I loved painting this one and I must say I am so happy with the way it turned out! If you are looking for a Realtor in San Diego, I would like to recommend Linda Lyles with Capital Realty. Cell 858-229-5929 or LLyles@SBCglobal.net.

Switching between large expressionist abstracts and these small folk art pieces provides for a nice variety for me and each causes me to appreciate painting the other.

SDAI Update

I didn't think I was going to publish my blog today because I could not paint at all last week. But my mom and I decided to go over to SDAI (San Diego Art Institute Museum of the Living Artist) this afternoon to see the current C-Note show and then get a bite to eat at the Prado, also located in Balboa Park.

To my very great and happy surprise 6 out of 7 of my paintings that were submitted to this brief fundraiser show had sold. One was on the wall so I hope it will sell too.

So I have good news rather than a painting to share this week!

Loft #2 SOLD

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Size: 36" x 36" x 1.5"
Medium: Oils on Canvas

Little FOlk Art Los Angeles SOLD

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Size: 12" x 12" x 1.5"
Medium: Oils on Linen.


At 12" x 12", this is the largest yet of the MiniScapes. I wonder whether anyone will actually be able to identify the areas of Los Angeles included here, since it has been quite "minimilized" and abstracted. But some of you are very good at this; especially you, Barb!

It hardly seems possible but this marks the end of two years of painting and auctioning my art on eBay. Happily, increasingly more of my paintings are selling and fetching better prices. (more than double the prices of last year, which ended with a doubling of the prices at the outset of this adventure!) Not to suggest it's all about the earnings, but it is nonetheless a substantial and legitimate aspect of the whole picture, no pun intended.

Happy Anniversary and thank you for all your encouraging and constructive comments!

Raw Street - SOLD

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Size: 30" x 40" x 1.5"
Medium: Oils on Canvas.


It's rather interesting switching back and forth between large abstracts and the Folk Art MiniScapes. Such different approaches and styles. Next week I hope to post another MiniScape, this time a slightly larger one at 12" x 12". The 10" x 10" Little Folk Art San Diego had been the largest MiniScape. But I have noticed a big difference working with those additional 2 inches and I am not sure this style can carry it off. The new one will be Los Angeles.

Folk Art La Jolla SOLD

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Size: 6" x 6" x 1.5"
Medium: Oils on Linen


This view of La Jolla, California is slightly south of the area of La Jolla where I grew up. It is very changed today but the ocean and sky and even the Beach and Tennis Club remain unchanged.

A Little Folk Art San Diego SOLD

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Size: 10" x 10" x 1.5"
Medium: Oils on Stretched Linen.


This is a MiniScape of San Diego that I painted especially to submit to an upcoming, annual fundraising event at San Diego Art Institute Museum of the Living Artist (SDAI). I am exercising restraint because I really want to list it on eBay and Yessy. It is very similar to the mini Welcome HomeScapes, except that it is twice the size and is a portrait of a region of San Diego rather than a particular home within a region. For more information about this event, click here.