Snake Pond,

Cape Cod 

Acrylic on canvas,  9" x 12"

gifted

The Virtual Paintout is visiting Cape Cod, Massachusetts this month - this is a painting challenge using Google Street View. I toured around  until I found this nice place  by this big pond. Then I thought about it for a while – how could I make this picture fun and just a little different....   Well, as you can see, it was a lot of fun and it is a bit different, certainly for me!  You can see where I painted by clicking here!

This painting was painted on all sides of the canvas. You can frame it or hang it just as it is.

To see more of my work, please visit my Gallery page at The Daily Paintworks, or visit one of the other sites I show at - Artists de Studios, Facebook has several really nice art pages, Landscape Painters is just one of them!

Here for Now

9" x 12"  oil on canvas

$75.

This is another of the vanishing trees of Mountain View, where big development is running rampant. I didn't even see this tall, gangly tree until the old Tropicana Motel was torn down. There it was, standing solitary in the morning sun - a little island of nature in a sea of broken concrete. Those other trees (beside the big-box Western Appliance store, now gone) seemed to stand by, providing a little quiet company. These trees are are the last of many on these lots, and I wanted to document them before they are gone.

This painting was painted on all sides, it can be framed or hung  just as it is.

To see more of my work, you can visit my Gallery page at The Daily Paintworks, or find me on Facebook.

To purchase this painting, simply click on the Paypal "Buy Now" logo on your left. Thank you.

Happy New Year!!

Matilija Poppies'

8" x 10"  oil on canvas

$50.

Happy 2014!!!  Well, another year has come along!  With it, wishes for a great year - a year filled with good health and prosperity and an enduring sense of optimism!

These matilija poppies symbolize all that I hope this new year will bring - beauty and abundance, a sense of passion and excitement, a pleasure in everyday things.

Painted on all sides, this piece can be framed up, or hung just as it is.

To see more of my work, please visit my gallery page at The Daily Paintworks, my or Artists de Studio or see the collection of "Small Paintings" on facebook. Thanks for looking!

To purchase this painting you can email me, or simply click on the "Buy Now" Paypal link below. 

Venice at Night

9" x 12"  acrylic on canvas

 sold

Finally! Google maps recently added new sites to their street view, and The Virtual Paintout has at last visited La Serenissima!  Venice, it's not only serene, but beautiful! I can't say enough about the beauty of Venice, the sunrises and sunsets, but also how magical it is by moonlight!

To see more of my work, you can visit my Gallery page at The Daily Paintworks, my page at Artistes de Studio, or find me on Facebook.

Mystery Sunflowers

9" x 12"  oil on canvas

Daily Paintworks Auctions

starting bid: $65

I came across this glass vase of sunflowers while on a walk one morning. There they were,  just sitting in an empty driveway, and there they stayed for several days. What's the story here? I'm sure there is one... 

This painting is painted on all sides, so it can be framed, or hung just as it is.

To see more of my work, you can visit my Gallery page at The Daily Paintworks, or find me on Facebook.

Saying  Good-bye

11" x  14"   oil on canvas

 $75

Adieu to this nice tree. It, and the many trees behind the fence are slated for demolition. This is where a new apartment complex is going in and the tree-lined parking lot is on its way out. Sadly, this guy is in an especially bad place - a new turn lane is desperately needed here. So everybody can agree: it's a good tree in a bad place. It seemed important somehow to capture its likeness and to quietly celebrate its life. It's been here a long time.

This piece is painted on all sides of the canvas. It can be framed or hung as it is.

See more of my work - please visit my Gallery page at the Daily Paintworks, or at the Plein Air Artists, a website devoted exclusively to Plein-air paintings done by a variety of artists. 

To purchase this painting, email me, or simply click on the Paypal button below.

In Town

Akranes, West Iceland

9" x 12"   oil on canvas

 nfs

The Virtual Paintout has traveled to Iceland this month to do some painting and drawing.  A Nordic  island country that has vast landscapes, high peaks and (obviously) lots of ocean views. All wonderful subjects for the landscape painter, and many have done a fine job, as you can see. However, it was this bright sunny neighborhood that caught my eye. I was in a mood to paint houses, I guess, and this house with its tall peak roof and high steps, the cart in the yard and all that sunshine just caught my eye. I just put some flowers in that pot on the steps!

This painting is painted on all sides, so it can be framed , or hung  just as it is.

To see more of my work, you can visit my Gallery page at The Daily Paintworks, or find me on Facebook.

A Majestic Tree

Rancho San Antonio Open Space Preserve

14" x 18"  oil on canvas

$110

This tree is gigantic! All the trees around it are mature, so you can see how big it is.  It is right at home with the many other big trees here, and not even the biggest tree around. It was both a pleasure and a challenge to paint it.

This piece is framed in redwood lath and is ready to hang.

You can see more of my work, you can visit my Gallery page at The Daily Paintworks, or find me on Facebook.

Washington Street, Mountain View

11"  x 14"    oil on canvas

The Daily Paintworks

$75

Our city is growing and changing at a phenomenal rate.  Many old neighborhoods are giving way to high-rise housing, and streets like this are disappearing - no more houses with pyramid roofs are even thought about. I wanted to capture this charming old neighborhood with this brilliant magenta bush and that peaked roof so people could see what Mountain View looked like in days gone by -  it shouldn't be forgotten.

This piece is painted on all sides of the canvas. It can be framed up, or  hung  as  is. 

To see more of my work - please visit my Gallery page at the Daily Paintworks, or at the Plein Air Artists website. Lots of nice paintings there!

To purchase this painting you can click on the Paypal "Buy Now" button, or email me. Information is on your left. Thank you.

Dusk 

Lima, Peru

9" x 12"  oil on canvas

sold

Evening falls on the outskirts of Lima... the sun goes down, the lights begin to flicker on. The waxing moon, a whisper in the sky, has been up for a while. Night time begins....

So it seemed when I found this site, traveling around on the Google Maps Street View with The Virtual Paintout  - our destination was Lima, Peru this month. Lots of interesting paintings and drawings, check 'em out!

This painting was painted on all sides, so it can be framed up, or hung, just as it is.

To see more of my work, you can visit my Gallery page at The Daily Paintworks, or find me on Facebook.