Foggy View from Sunset Cliffs with CAC Oil on Panel 8″ x 10″ 3/19/09

Got to meet some wonderful plein air painters today with the California Art Club paint out at Sunset Cliffs. In particular it was nice to meet Jeff Yeomans. as it’s always great to meet other cityscape painters. This was the fruits of my labors. Could of used more time and more experience painting waves. As the weather heats up I am planning on spending more time painting the water.

Mt Woodson Boulder Grouping # 21 Oil on Panel 8″ x 10″ 3/18/09

Got to do 2 today.

Mt Woodson Boulder Grouping # 20 Oil on Panel 8″ x 10″ 3/18/09

Finally hit 20! only 30 more to go!

Mt Woodson Boulder Grouping # 19 Oil on Panel 8″ x 10″ 3/17/09
Another gorgeous day on the mountain looking west. Pushing color in some new directions and thinking.

Mt Woodson Boulder Grouping # 18 Oil on Panel 8″ x 10″ 3/13/09

From on top of the mountain on the west side. An amazing grouping of boulders, I kept shaking my head while painting it that anything could be so wonderful! There are many trees here burnt from the fires of a couple of years ago, without realizing it I kept brushing up against one while painting and my clothing was covered in crazy charcoal marks. I hope to do another painting where these blackened trees silhouetted against the white boulders make for some powerful imagery.

Mission Trails Meadow looking towards Cowles Mountain Oil on Panel 9″ x 12″ 3/12/09

I took a break from working on non-painting stuff to get over to the nearby park – Mission Trails to paint this quick late afternoon painting of the meadow next to Navajo Road, looking toward Cowles Mountain.

Mt Woodson Boulder Grouping # 17 Oil on Panel 9″ x 12″ 3/07/09

Sadly, new non-painting work (from my medical animation freelance business) has been interfering with my ability to get up to the mountain, the good thing is it helps keep my art supply shelves stocked well.
This painting was done on the west side of the mountain, the trail up from the Lake Poway. This more complex view was worked on from photos a bit more in the studio after it was brought home (unlike most all the others)

This spot was well off the trail and far from any people. Working in the shade of a huge boulder made for a very pleasant site however after a couple of hours I started feeling unsafe – started thinking about mountain lions and I left sooner than later. I googled Mt Woodson and mountain lions and found an article in a local paper about a women who had an encounter with a mountain lion on that very same trail last fall. I know the chance of anything happening is extremely rare to non-existent but I might pick up one of those pocket air-horn things to give myself a little comfort.