Hello...I am mostly a plein air oil painter, although I do pastels and watercolors occasionally. My main interest for many years was strictly watercolor, but a painter friend gave me a set of oils and I've never looked back. The textures and luxuriant paint grabbed my spirit. Originally from Los Angeles, I moved to Sonoma County in northern California 20 years ago and feel I live in paradise. The landscape is so lush and varied, from vineyards, a rugged coast, and town squares, there's never a lack of subjects to paint. I'm a self-taught artist having taken...more
