gloomy june

travel and time away from home often mean time away from the studio and painting outdoors. a week in the sierras, opening the cabin, was mostly work - only one small gouache to show for it.

snow bank
3"x6"




this is another image I keep coming back to - old tree stump with a young fir tree growing next to it. I've painted this at least 6 or 7 times.

some some great shows on travel as well - san francisco had the matisse/diebenkorn show at sfmoma - a fantastic, inspiring exhibit, and early monet at the legion of honor (full of surprises and beautiful painting). 
a trip to denver had some surprising, elegant work by mark bradford, a great clifford still exhibit and some wonderful landscapes by both well-known and lesser-known early 20th painters.

coming back to the studio, i had time to work on a couple of starts from last month:

pool at white rock, oil on panel, 8"x10"

ranch view, oil on panel, 8"x16"


still currently on view:

out of place, westmont/ridley-tree museum

easton gallery, final exhibition