New Year painting

The first paint-out of 2019 was with the California Art Club at the old Wilcox property (now known as the Douglas Family Preserve). It was a blustery day, but many intrepid painters came out and made an effort. This was on Saturday, the 5th of January.
Grey clouds, beautiful skies changing as you watched made you work fast to try and capture the fleeting moment.

stormy day at wilcox, 8"x10" oil on panel

We enjoyed the day and decided to come back the following Monday, after one storm and before the next one hit. Same problem of changing clouds every time you looked up.

cloud view from Wilcox, 8"x8"

I've been using the rainy days to set up my new studio - it's a huge job, going through everything, sorting and finding a place to store things, while making a usable work-space.

The "Rose-Compass, Paintings of the Santa Barbara Watershed" exhibition opened at the Westmont Ridley-Tree Museum. We had a great turnout and the show looks really good - new work with some pieces that I haven't had an opportunity to show yet.