This is a beautiful art deco building on Main street in Ventura. I have no idea how good the ribs are.This was painted in the morning. It is another 8"x10" and took less than an hour to paint.
This is a restaurant just off the Mission Plaza in Ventura. I worked on this painting for a very long time because the initial design was flawed. 11x14"
I like to paint from memory. This biplane kept taking off at steep angles. 8x10"
This is another painting from the same location as the bus lift. I just turned the easel and did another quick sketch. 8x10"
This is a garage in Ventura that works on the school buses. It is 8x10" and painted in the morning.
In the Ventura boatyard there are a few ships which take a long time to complete. This is one of them. It is usually an issue of time or money. 9x12"
This old brick house is located on Thompson Ave. in Ventura. It faces north, so it is difficult to create a well composed lighting scheme. 8x10"
Our studio is near farm fields and the harbor. I view the workers and remember striking images and make notes. Here are workers with lunches in hand. They are in a strawberry field that has been covered with plastic, ready for planting.
This is also an 8"x10" study of a view from the beach north of Emma Wood State Beach. The trees line the on ramp to the 101 freeway. Karen can be seen strolling above the high tide line.
The Clown circus came to Ventura. Here is a study of them setting it up. The lower tarps have not been hung on the sides at this point. It was a cool morning and this is a view from the Fair Grounds Parking Lot looking towards the mountains.
One may ask; how did he paint this helecopter flying? Did he use a photograph. No, I used my imagination. Your brain is the most powerful computer in the universe. This helecopter was sitting on the other side of the runway, covered with a tarp. I created an image I wanted to view.
I titled this the Mayan Temple because it has some details on the exterior walls that have the Mayan influence. I does serve as a spiritual center. This is looking east on Santa Clara Street in Ventura.
Here's a study of the marquee in Ventura. It holds 1200 in the theater and books music events.
Here's the neon Ventura sign on California Street. This view is looking east. SOLD
Here's a liquor store on Thompson Blvd. Notice the patron seated in the middle.
Here's a "monster truck" which sits out front of the pizza store. I don't think they use it for deliveries of late, with gas prices being what they are. 8x10"
Many houses and buildings remain after the freeway system was put in. Here's one with some nice palms and an old VW.
Looking west on E. Front Street between Ash and S. Kalorama St. in Ventura, Ca. SOLD
This is the lifeguard station viewed from the bikepath near Sanjon. It is 8x10" on canvas board.
This is a view looking west towards the river overpass. I had to move a little when the train passed through. SOLD
The San Buenaventura City Hall has quite a few sculpted features. Here is one above a door. 8x10"
This is the new home of Buffalo Records on Santa Clara Street. It has some nice details in the building and would be a good subject for further paintings.
This is another 8x10" sketch done of the bowling alley looking west on Thompson Blvd.
