While visiting the Bay Area, someone suggested I get to Stanford, and in particular the Rodin sculpture garden, as a potential place to paint or just to visit for its own sake. Little did I know what a truly marvelous collection and garden I would
Big Sur, California. This place has mystique and legends surrounding it for a good reason. Half the time it is shrouded in fog coming off the Pacific Ocean, only slightly revealing its craggy rugged coastline with a hint of the sun's rays shining through the
Scouting out painting locations is fun and something that occupies a good deal of my time. So while in the Silicon Valley a few weeks ago I was searching for unique places to paint. One that I found and turned out to be a gem, is
I didn't realize that missions are such an important part of California and its history, but everyone in California seems to know and love these places. There are 21 missions that are part of the mission trail of California that were established by Franciscan priests
Now I am not from the south, even if I was born and raised below the Mason-Dixon line. But when I get to the south, which some people would even debate that parts of Florida are not real southern in culture, I know a southern subject
Looking into the sun seems to be the light effect that I preferred while in California. It gives you that smoky gray outline of the buildings on the horizon and those little dots of white where there are windshields and roofs and storefronts glimmering against