Beach View, Capitola – Repainted Photograph
This scene from a strangely quiet beachside restaurant is quite evocative of French paintings of the Impressionist period, in that the sight lines between the groups of people form a certain geometry that I find interesting. My exhibit of CaliBoy repainted photographs at Leedo Gallery ran through May and June – at the opening we […]
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California Morning
Everyone shoots sunset photos of this place – Huntington Beach pier – but here’s an unusual sunrise shot, calm, small swell, sun just sitting on the Eastern horizon. You might recognize Ruby’s restaurant at the end of the pier. Paintrop is seeking an art agent on the West Coast! If you know of such who […]
Coastal Barn, Ano Nuevo
A cool July morning, fog just beginning to lift in the early sun, faint traces of fieldlines and hills standing back, this silent barn beckons from the past. Click the image for a larger view…
Christmas Hill Park
From Gilroy’s Christmas Hill park comes another poetic moment – two young friends talking on a warm afternoon… in January – LOL. The filtered light of this scene is picked up in the warmth of the tones, a quiet dreamlike setting. Paintrop is seeking an art agent on the West Coast! If you know of […]
Capitola Strand
One particularly fine day in 2001, and the Capitola, CA beach scene was in good form. I spent a lot of time playing with the various areas of interest, for the first time shaped the structural lines of forms to focus attention. You won’t see the beach this way today. Now, an outflow stream cuts […]
Pink Cottage Afternoon
This image is particulary evocative of a favorite Capitola, CA locale – viewing the Venetian Cottages from the pier. The sunstruck colors stand out against the blue sky. Paintrop is seeking an art agent on the West Coast! If you know of such who handles artwork, please put them in touch. Thank you! Click the […]
Christmas Hill Park
Here I was intent on the mixture of sharp and loose elements, trying to control how the eye moves over the picture. Click the image for world peace! Tweet Don’t want world peace? Then how about untold wealth. Go on, click it… Available, ship anywhere, rolled or flat. Very framable. Typical size is 19-in. X […]
Mission San Juan Bautista
First I pushed the brightness and contrast, then started painting. Made several paintings, then began to combine the scenes that worked best for various areas of the scene. I added detail to the background in some areas (such as the far end of the corridor) to raise interest. I have a series of these poster […]
Capitola Venetian Cottages
This image is a combo of several shots from a rainy New Year’s morning in 2011. The cottages’ bright colors stood out well against the dreary skies. I have a series of these images at Leedo Art, a gallery frame shop in Gilroy, and am reaching out to other galleries in tourist destinations such as […]
Stockton Bridge, Capitola
Taken in 2001, this classic image of Capitola, CA, captures the quiet drama of a dying afternoon in a costal town. This image is from my Repainted Photographs series, which uses digital techniques on composited multiple photographic images to produce images bordering on abstraction. Click the image for a larger view! Professionally printed, they are […]