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.

Rush of Angels - SOLD

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


This painting was meant to be the background layers for another painting. But each time I went to paint over it, I stopped. There was just something about it and its spontaneous movement and color that I liked. And as I looked at it I saw angels and a rushing wind they had stirred up. So, I wondered whether anyone else would see it as I did and I listed it as it was. Someone did, and it received an early, high bid. The auction closes today at 1:53 PST and currently has four other people watching it. As of now I only now it will have sold by the end of the auction. I will have to wait along with everyone else to see whether more bids will be placed.

Eagle Street Condominium

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Size: 8" x 6"
Medium: Oils on Canvasboard


Another Mini HomeScape but this time of my own neighborhood.

Light #2 SOLD

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Size: 24" x 24" x 1.5"
Medium: Oils.


Today we are celebrating the end of my first year of publishing my art blog! (It actually seems much longer than that to me.) This is my 81st posting. During the year I have reported on various topics from eBay listing experiments to useful links to art museums and have posted art ranging from abstracts to folk art. It has been fun and sometimes challenging to produce a painting or collage in time for each week's blog. It has been a year of learning, both about painting and selling and about publishing a blog.

If you happen to be traveling to Santa Fe and will be there May 17-18, you may take the largest ever Eldorado Art Studio Tour. 105 outstanding artists will be exhibiting their new work in- studio. Among the artists displaying works will be my friend Deborah Crafts. To view a sample of her work, click Deborah Crafts. For information on the tour, click here.

I think I have a winner for the mini landscapes marketing name. What do you think of Welcome HomeScapes? Thank you to both my mother and mortgage entrepreneur Jason Katz for thinking of HomeScapes and to Jason for the full title. If you have an idea of your own, get it to me quickly!

Relationships SOLD

Click image to enlarge. This painting will be available only through SDAI until June 1st.
Size: 30" x 24" x 1.5"
Medium: Oils on canvas


Happy Easter.

Mom's - NFS

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


This is my little house in Mission Hills where my mother lives. It's small but there is enough room for her to garden and cook; her two favorite pastimes. This little painting will be her Mother's Day present.

I am now painting these on commission. All I need is a picture of the home and the address. I use the address for a satellite view of the surroundings. This gives me a sense of the area for the compressed, abstracted landscape. These are a blend of folk and abstract styles with a bit of realism. Contact me for pricing.

Please email your ideas for a good product description. I am thinking of: Mini Landscapes; Mini Home Portraits; Little Neighborhoods; Little Home Paintings.

Loft SOLD

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Size: 40" w x 30" h x 1.5" d
Medium: Oils on Canvas