Final Paris

Luxembourg Gardens

29 rue Rapp- Art Nouveau Doorway

More Paris

Four paintings completed in the studio from beginnings in Paris. 

Pantheon from Luxembourg Gardens 

Place Costa Rica near our apt. 

Notre Dame at Dusk

Approaching Montmartre

The Louvre- en plein aire

Wanting to capture an image of the Louvre as a keepsake of our trip, it took some searching to find a spot that had enough information without becoming an architectural rendering. And I needed to find a spot to tuck into that was out of the scorching sun!  I knew this spot was right when I came to it. (I invested in an annual membership so I could go often even though we were in Paris for only a month!)

Museum of Romantic Life

On a blistering hot day in Paris we visited the Musee de la Vie Romantique. Home of painter Ari Scheffer whose work we saw at the Louvre. He hosted such luminaries as Geoge Sand, Chopin, Delacroix, Ingres, Liszt, Rossini, Dickens, Gounod... You get the point!

Paris Cemetery

This is Cimetière Passy. 

I love cemeteries for exploring, painting and contemplating. I love sacred spaces of all kinds, I'm interested in the human need to seek the divine. 

There are larger cemeteries in Paris with famous folk buried there but I find the hunt for celebrity monuments distracts me from the experience of being in these amazing places. (Besides, this one is 5 minutes from where we are staying.)

Paris bridges for inspiration

Pont Alexandre III and Pont Bir Hakeim

Travel in Europe!!

London for a few days and then to Paris. I had an opportunity to paint a late afternoon image in a small travel sketchbook of the walls of London Tower. We are now trading apts with a couple very near the Eiffel Tower and so I had a morning to paint this. It's hard to avoid the cliche of the symbol of Paris, so I referenced it without focusing on it. 

The "City of Rocks" and Castle Rocks State Park, Idaho

Memorial Day Weekend was a chance to go paint in a place that is magical for me, an amazing natural place very close to where I grew up in Oakley, Idaho.  Brad Teare and I spent two days exploring and painting at the "Silent City of Rocks" and Castle Rocks State Park in the adjacent valley.   The first day it rained on and off which made for dramatic skies and light, and we had to protect our paintings and duck under rocks or climb in the car to stay dry.  The second day was perfect weather and sunlight.

Views of my "Gardens and Landscapes" exhibit at Red Butte Garden on the University of Utah Campus.

A few days painting at the beach or nearby!

Outlet of Batiquitos Lagoon. Leucadia, CA

Beach Entrance. Solano Beach, CA.

Flower Fields. Carlsbad, CA.

Small Orange Grove. Encinitas, CA

Arches National Park in Moab, UT

Thanksgiving weekend trip to Moab and several hikes in Arches National Park.  This is a view at the end of a short hike called "Park Avenue".  Some recent rain left a few puddles for a reflection in the river bed.

Beautiful Autumn near Batiquitos Lagoon and Moonlight Beach- Encinitas, CA

Onshore winds- Seabluffe- Leucadia, CA

Batiquitos Lagoon Inlet/ Highway 101, CA

Dusk at Moonlight Beach, Encinitas, CA

Eucalyptus and Palm- Batiquitos Lagoon, CA

Cactus Garden Moonlight Beach

Working in the studio to finish a complicated textural garden piece. It is a compactly planted cactus and succulent garden on the street at the entrance to Moonlight Beach in Encinitas , CA. 

Late Summer Paintings

A couple of images of late summer.  Part of a series where the hero of the image is the "screen" of foliage/flowers.

Apple Pie Ranch, Big Sur, CA

Quick sketch in a small book.  

Apple Pie Ranch is a mountain top retreat above Big Sur with amazing 360 degree views of canyon, valley and ocean. This is the pool and small portion of the gardens.

Southern Utah- Lake Powell

Simple and loose!

Arrived at Leucadia

Just arrived and will start painting tomorrow.  Here are three paintings from a previous visit.

 Oceanside Beach Stairs

 Swami's Overlook

Torrey Pines Adobe

Aquarelle show at Alpine Gallery

I have a few pieces in the Aquarelle show at Alpine Gallery. 430 E. South Temple, Salt Lake City, UT

It is nice to be in an all watercolor show!
The larger exhibit of my work at Harmon's City Creek is still up for another week or so.

Leucadia, CA

Three looser and larger sketches observing tree forms at Batiquitos Lagoon and Seabluffe. Opaque watercolors on Canson paper. 14" x 20"

North shore of Batiquitos Lagoon

South shore of Batiquitos Lagoon

Looking south from Seabluffe

My Springtime Florals Exhibit!

Just finished helping hang 21 of my landscapes for a "Springtime" show at Harmon's City Creek- downtown Salt Lake City. It will be up until the end of May! Come check it out!