Featured Paintings

Espresso

Oil on canvas

12x12

While on a trip to Seattle in the summer of 2022, I was struck by the emptiness in the street. It was a beautiful day and I loved the play of Espresso as an express bus was going down the street.

After playing with acrylics for a few months, I was happy to get back into oil painting which requires more patience. This painting was so much fun to paint a

Berlin Bathers

Oil on canvas

30x30

From a travel photo to Berlin. These metal statues were found by a river on museum island. I loved the perspective. This was my first large canvas painting and challenged myself to paint bodies and to do this in grays.

I love the final perspective. I sold this painting to a classmate who fell in love with it. It's difficult to part with paintings

Phoebe

Oil on flat panel

9x12x3/8

One of my first attempts to paint a pet. Phoebe was a sweet calico cat we had for 16 years. I somehow managed to capture the snarkiness of her face, though she often had a more beautiful one I captured in a later painting.

Standard Hotel V2

Oil on canvas

30x30

This was another challenging painting - not only dealing with the cityscape, but also how to deal with a multitude of windows. I ended up using a clay shaping tool to etch the windows in while the top layer of paint was still wet. I was happy with the effect and the colorful NYC landscape.

View is from the New Whitney Museum of American Art htt

Photo Gallery

Ricardo on His Horse,

Oil on canvas

36x36

I was asked to paint a portrait of my maternal grandfather Ricardo Gonzalez by an uncle of mine. The reference was an old washed out B&W photo with a rather bland background.

I decided to change the background to that where my father came from (Jalisco, Mexico) and also to brighten the colors of the landscape. I started with a pink backgrou

Santa Rosa Trees in Winter

Oil on Canvas

40x30

This was a fun quick large painting of some bare trees in the Valley of the Moon in Santa Rosa. I loved the reflected light. I decided to retouch the sky using a palette knife and then proceeded to add the brown leaves on the trees and the red bushes in the foreground using the same technique.

Las Alcobas Hotel St. Helena

Oil on Canvas

36x24

Beautiful hotel in St. Helena. A nice post retirement trip around Thanksgiving 2018. Brings back wonderful memories of a crisp winter day full of sunshine, love, and good memories. I only wish it had been warm enough to take a swim!