Month: March 2013

Baker Beach (San Francisco, CA)

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Baker Beach (San Francisco), Oil on Linen, 8x10

We’re having kind of an odd Spring storm in San Francisco this Easter week, so I’m posting a study I painted a couple weeks ago at Baker Beach. By the way, next week will be quite busy, as I’m looking forward to seeing many of you at the 2nd Annual Plein Air Convention & Expo in … Read more

Testing Solvent-Free Oil Paint

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Monterey Cypress (Lands End, San Francisco), Oil on Linen, 8x10

What I love about being an artist is the opportunity to continually learn and explore.  My focus recently is learning to use new and different materials. Royal Talens sent me a set of Cobra solvent-free oil paints to try, and these are my first results.  The benefit is I don’t have to use solvents, which even though labeled “odor … Read more