Mount Diablo After the Rain

 Majestic Mount Diablo seen from the East Bay Hills.  The Spring rains make everything come to life.  This painting is currently on exhibit in the Valley Art Gallery.

 Three New Paintings Juried into Valley Art Gallery's Spring Exhibit

Mt. Diablo Spring  11.5" x 15.5"

Majestic Mt. Diablo rises above the East Bay hills on a Sunny Spring morning.

Diablo Hills   11" x 16.25"

The path to Diablo Hills, framed by the trees and shrubs atop an East Bay foothill.

Roses for Lilly   14.5" x 10.5"

These roses are called "Double Delight" because they are both cream-colored and red, but also because they are both beautiful and wonderfully fragrant.

   

   

Poppies of Home

Painted en plein air near a Sonoma winery.  10" x 14.5"  

Mount Diablo--Many Paths to the Top

Beautiful Mount Diablo--always majestic, always changing, always inspiring--painted on a very hot Summer day.  12.5 by 16.5

Blackbird Ballad

Pam and I painted in the East Bay wetlands.  She faced one direction, and I faced another.  There were at times 10-20 blackbirds resting in the reeds.  They almost looked like notes on a sheet of music.  This painting was recently sold through the Valley Art Gallery.  10 X 14

Mount Diablo in January

The Jade Fon Plein Air Painters usually paint near my home in Walnut Creek in January.  This painting was done then and is now on exhibit at the Valley Art Gallery.  10" by 14"

Spring on Mt. Diablo

This is one of my favorite places to paint Mt. Diablo--from the Northgate Valley.
14" x 20"