Altamirano Way, Mission Hills, Cliff May House

Altamirano Way, Mission Hills, Cliff May House – 17 x 28 inches, oil on linen, 6/2011

Here is a painting I recently finished, a home in the Mission Hills area of San Diego, one of several recent ventures trying to generate interest and attention to my commissioned paintings of homes venture (www.abodeart.com) Cliff May was a prominent architect in Southern California and was best known for his California Ranch Style homes back in the 1940’s and 50’s. I’m very happy that this relatively new venture (at least new in that I’ve been pursuing it more seriously) is starting to show promise with my recently getting a number of commissions. My goal is to not let commissioned work veer too far of course artistically from what I’d pursue on my own. I also need to make sure I get a healthy balance with my own paintings along with commissioned work.

Here are two recent commissions that I made in the Hillcrest area.

Here is another painting I made recently, not a commission but the owner of the house bought the painting after seeing it.