Painting of South Mission Beach, San Diego. Oil painting from a photo taken at South Mission Beach, San Diego
Pacific Beach, San Diego Painting
Painting of Crystal Pier in Pacific Beach, San Diego
Noni in a White Dress
24” x 30″ oil on canvas This is a portrait of of Noni circa 1930’s2012
Margaret as a Child
10” x 10″ oil, metallic powder and cold wax medium on wood panel This is a portrait of my grandmother when she was a girl. This painting has a thin layer of cold wax over the surface protecting the layers
Richard
10” x 10″ oil, cold wax, galkyd and metalic powder on wood panel This was comissioned as a companion for “Marti“
Noni
10″ x 10″ oil and metallic powder on wood panel I’ve made this one more bold with higher contrast and thicker, broader paint strokes. Before the painting was completely dry I applied metallic powder over the darker areas of the
Marti
10” x 10″ oil, cold wax, galkyd and metallic powder on wood panel My beautiful aunt circa early 1970’s. I was very careful to preserve the ethereal expression she had in the moment the original photo was taken.
Noni on the Car
Progress This is Noni, a relative, from a photo taken in the late 30’s or early 40’s. I have just a few photos of her, and I will be painting all of them. This is the first in the series.
Jan in the Summertime
Progress This is a painting I’m working on. It’s of a distant cousin taken in the 1940’s. In all the pictures I have seen of her she has a big ol’ grin on her face. Here, she is getting ready
Eldoris
Eldoris 10” x 10″ oil, cold wax and galkyd on wood panel My grandmother circa 1943. I find it very satisfying when a finished painting reveals the whole process of how it was created from start to completion.
Val
10″ x 10″ oil, cold wax and galkyd on wood panel My mom’s cousin back around 1948. She was not a happy little girl when this photo was taken. I isolated her face from a group photo of her with
Ahmzie With Bike
20″ x 24″ oil, cold wax and galkyd on wood panel Ahmzie With Bike was done from a picture of my great aunt on my mom’s side of the family, photo taken around 1943. I love looking at these old
Mabel At The Wedding
24″ x 30″ oil, cold wax and galkyd on canvas Mabel at the Wedding was done from a photo I found with my mom’s old family photographs. She is a mystery child at an unknown wedding circa early 20th century.
Ahmzie With Bike ~ Progress
20″ x 24″ oil and cold wax on wood panel From a photo of my mothers aunt. So far I have the begining thin layers of oil painted on wood panel. I’m working it in the same way I did
Teen Margaret ~ cold wax and oil
10″ x 10″ oil and cold wax on wood panel This paintng was done from my grandmother’s high school graduation picture. another view This painting, like Lake Lady, has many slightly textured layers of transparent cold wax over a softly