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March has been relatively calm so far - rain has brought us a new green world, filled the creeks and river and brought the watershed to life. It's been great to get outside again to paint. I'm continuing to work on the "river" project with the Rose Compass, trying to get some larger pieces going. We will be showing at the Wildling Museum in January 2018.
We've been getting out to Surf Beach in Lompoc, where the Santa Ynez river meets the sea. I've posted some of that work on Rose-compass.com

We've also been going out to Naples and Dos Pueblos Ranch, in preparation for the SCAPE Gaviota coast show at the Bacara in April. 

Sad note is that Easton Gallery will be closing this summer - the last show will open in May. Ellen Easton has been such a force for landscape painters in Santa Barbara and the last show will really honor that by including as many of the artists that have shown with her over the years as possible. I am honored to be a part of that group.

Libby Smith and I will be preparing for a Fall 2018 exhibit of our work at the Architectural Foundation. So still some things in the works. 
My painting of Contrails was chosen for a feature article on 'OutdoorPainter' web magazine about painting clouds - it was fun (and a surprise) to see it on there.


Here are some recent oil paintings (something about fences going on)

eucalyptus at Naples, oil on panel, 9"x12"

old gate, dos pueblos ranch, oil on panel, 9"x12" 

out building, dos pueblos ranch, oil on panel, 6"x12" 

goats, dos pueblos ranch, oil on panel, 6"x12"