Pigeon Point Lighthouse

This is a lighthouse half way between Santa Cruz and Half Moon Bay. I wanted to get the feel of a pleinair painting and I think it worked out pretty good. I took a photo of the light house on my way home from surfing and painted as fast as I could to get that look.

11x14 oil on canvas panel

Truck Farm Truck

On my way back from surfing in Santa Cruz on Wed., I decided to drive up Hwy. 1 and see what I could see. There are a bunch of vegetable farms all along the coast and this cool old truck was parked out by the highway as a beacon for travelers to stop and buy some goodies.

Awapuhi

The flower of the Hawaiian "Awapuhi" belongs to the Ginger family. Formally called Alpinia Purpurata, we simply call it Red Ginger. Also called Ostrich Plume and Pink Cone Ginger the showy plant is native to Malaysia.

This is 12"x 16" acrylic on 120 lb. watercolor paper

The Real Humpty Dumpty Story

Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall,

Humpty Dumpty had a great fall.

All the kings horses, and all the kings men

couldn’t put Humpty Dumpty together again.

Humpty Dumpty in fact was the nickname of an unusually large cannon that was mounted on the wall of St. Mary’s Wall Church in Colchester, England during the English Civil War (1642-1649). It was intended to protect the Parliamentarin stonghold of Colchester which was being controled by the Royalists at the time. A shot from a Parliamentary canon hit the wall just underneath Humpty Dumpty causing the wall to crumble and the canon fell to the ground. The Royalists (all the kings men) tried to raise the canon on a different part of the wall (with the help of the horses) but because of the size and weight of the canon they failed and Colchester fell to the Parliamentarians.

More Roses

I decided this needed another rose for a better layout. I'm always looking for ways to make a picture better. I think I'm done with this one.

Roses in the Sky

My latest painting. A little bit of surrealism. I actually woke up in the middle of the night and this painting popped into my head. Maybe not exactly, but close,so I was inspired to paint it. I don't know what it means but I think I'll do a series of these.
Saturday it's Art on the Wharf in Santa Cruz. Fun stuff coming up.

Bernie

Bernie the Lhasa Apso pup. 9 months old

Beyond the northern boundry of India, where Mount Everest stands is the land of Tibet. The capitol is Lhasa, where the breed got its name. A country of huge mountains and deep valleys, wind swept plateaus, warm summers and cold winters, it is the home of the Lhasa Apso. Genealogical tables show them to be in existence as far back as 800 B.C. and bred as a special indoor sentinel. They are well known for there keen hearing,watchfulness and are fierce protectors. Originally called a" Bhutan Dog" or Tibetan Terrier. They are lovable and smart little dogs and are sometimes used as performing dogs. They do not shed and the hair will grow quite long and flowing.