landscape

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.

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.