Bowers Museum Invitational Exhibit and Sale 2009

"French Linen" SOLD

"Oakville Grocery" Sold

"Napa Vineyards"

"Yellow Dingy"

These are four of my most recent works done for the "2009 Orange County Invitational Exhibit and Sale" at Bowers Museum in Santa Ana, California.

I won 3rd place in the juried competition for "French Linens" which I sold the next day!

Hope you enjoy them.

Pienza cheeses

Peinza is a delightful little town that was transformed into what it is today because a pope was born there. This painting is one of the many great shops there. Done at the begining of the year for the Balboa Island artwalk show. Sold

Painting trip.......

At the end of July, Amanda and I went to see our good friend and artist Brent Jensen. We had a fine old time eating great food prepared by the host himself and fine wine from the area. What area you are asking? Well Napa valley of course. It was the only place that wasn't 100 degrees that weekend. Can't wait for the next trip.

Bowers Museum Show 2009

I'm gearing up for my next show at the Bowers Museum in a couple of weeks. Come on down if you're in the area. Septmber 19th&20th, 2009, hours: 10:00AM to 4:00PM in the courtyard.

Here's some info on the location......

Bowers Museum
2002 North Main Street
Santa Ana, CA 92706
(714) 567-3600

and a link to the map if you need it; http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=ie7&rls=com.microsoft:en-US&ie=utf8&oe=utf8&q=Bowers+Museum%2C+Santa+Ana%2C+CA

Bernini's fountain

Another painting of Italy, this one from St. Peters Square in Rome, "Berninis fountain" of which there are two. This was very challenging as there was virtually no color except for the people. The little girl in front of the fountain with her mother struck me as a good comparison of the sheer size of the fountain. Sold

Convent window, Siena

Well, it's been quite a while since I updated my blog. So, here are some works I did at the begining of the year and more recently. This painting is from a convent in Siena, where Amanda and I stayed in 2007. The convent had been converted into a hotel in the last 2 years before. It was very old worldly with very large rooms, and you could open the windows and shutters, see the sun rise and hear the church bells. The stained glass windows were mostly round bottle bottoms leaded together.