"Peter's Canyon Morning 2" 9" x 12" oil on Board

Photo is a bit dark but I enjoyed painting this and getting a colorful tree.

"A Peter's Canyon Morning Glow" 9" x 12"  oil on Board

 Juried into Orange County Fair- 2016

Achieved the morning glow that I witnessed the morning I took the photo. 

Third Place and Honorable Mention at the OC Fair!

Peter's Canyon - End of Trail 
8" x 10"
3rd Place at the OC Fair - 

Plein Air Division

Santiago Oaks - Historic Dam 9" x 16"  Honorable Mention at OC Fair

Professional Oil Painting
Division

Orange County Fair Acceptance!

Yeah!  Just delivered the 4 paintings that have been accepted into the Orange County Fair.  This is exciting because they accepted my old traditional style paintings and the new impressionistic style I have been trying.  The use of the palette knife has been helpful.

"Nature's Surprises - Peter's Canyon" - 9x12" & 10 x 16  oil on Board

One is fall, one is spring.  One is impressionistic, one is realistic.  Painted on site, the realistic one took 3 different days to paint.  Impressionistic paintings are much faster.

"Foggy Day - Peter's Canyon" - 8x16" oil on Hardboard

On one of my hiking days, my hiking partner told me to turn around.  This is the view we had that morning.  A low hanging fog in the Canyon.  This is painted from a photo but I tried to capture what I remembered from that day.