Dawn Pond

This is a scene I painted before, this time with morning light. Pretty much the last I'm painting this way. Recently I discovered Lead white paint and I really like the wai it handles. Also I've fallen under the spell of a few great painters and I'm exploring some new avenues.

View over the pond

Nice title eh?

This ones pretty tight detail wise. Many things I like about the piece and a few I don't. We'll see how much longer I stay with the perk ponds. I know I could paint them till the day I die but I'm going on vacation soon and I expect to find some great scenes. Odds are I'll want to paint them but well see.

Los Gatos Creek

We're looking down on the creek here that runs along the ponds on one side with the freeway on the other. A challenging view to paint tho it looks pretty easy now it's done ;-)


There's a good bit of detail in this piece, in the foreground especially. I've been playing with the amount of detail in my paintings. I don't want too much but a bit here and there is nice. I try to err on the side of less not more. In my earlier pieces it was not as much of an issue but now that I can control the paint better I goota watch it....

Flower Pond

Late spring, early summer. There were lots of these white flowers everywhere.