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Union Pacific 023

2009-11-06T11:39:00.000-08:00

Union Pacific 023 / 11" x 14" / oil on canvasboard / 2009

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Theater 001

2009-10-12T17:23:00.000-07:00

This is based on a local theater here in Bend, Oregon. I used several new pigments from Winsor & Newton for glazing this painting: combination of Transparent Brown Oxide and Transparent Gold Ochre, then when that dried, I finished it with an Indian Yellow glaze.

Theater 001 / 40" x 25" / oil on canvas / 2009

Water Tower 003

2009-10-02T15:21:00.000-07:00

36" x 58"
oil on canvas
2009

Garage 018

2009-09-07T18:20:00.000-07:00

This painting is a cropped version of Tire Garage 003.
11" x 14" / oil on canvasboard / 2009

Garage 016

2009-09-07T18:18:00.000-07:00

11" x 14" / oil on canvas board / 2009

Garage 015

2009-08-06T11:38:00.000-07:00

48" x 12" / oil on canvas / 2009

Landromat 015

2009-07-14T15:50:00.000-07:00

This painting is based on a laundromat in Culver City, California.
30" x 48" / oil on canvas / 2009

Laundromat 014

2009-06-22T11:20:00.000-07:00

36" x 12"/ oil on canvas

Tire Garage 003

2009-06-06T10:23:00.000-07:00

The older I get, the more I come to realize that I would never paint as well as my heroes. But the cool thing about getting older is that I am more at peace of that realization. This latest painting is based on a Les Schwab Tire Center somewhere in Oregon, possibly Sandy. I forget. I take alot of pictures for references when we are on the road.
oil on panel / 24"x 11" /2009

Gas Station 001

2009-05-11T17:46:00.000-07:00

Shell gas station.
72" x 14" / oil on canvas / 2009

Union Pacific 022

2009-04-23T16:38:00.001-07:00

more tiny paintings:
7" x 5"/ oil on panel / 2009

A Couple of Tiny Paintings

2009-04-15T11:49:00.000-07:00

Sometimes, I'll repeat an image if I feel that I was not successful in my previous attempts. This garage scene is one of them.

White Pickup on Lift 003 / 7" x 5" / oil on panel

Laundromat 013 / 6" x 8" / oil on panel

White Pickup On Lift 002

2009-04-08T16:03:00.001-07:00

27" x 17" / oil on canvas /2009

Laundromat 012

2009-03-17T16:39:00.001-07:00

40" x 25" / oil on canvas

Laundromat 011

2009-02-17T19:45:00.000-08:00

This painting is based on references I took in Burbank, California in 2007.
48" x 12" / oil on canvas

Latest tiny painting

2009-02-16T21:34:00.000-08:00

I am so sorry that I have not posted in a while. I just got back from a vacation in Hawaii with the whole family.

White Mazda in Garage / 9" x 7" / oil on canvasboard

Laundromat 009

2009-01-15T09:50:00.000-08:00

14" x 10" / oil on wood

Laundromat 010

2009-01-13T22:56:00.000-08:00

30" x 10" / oil on canvas

The Hanegraaf Easel

2008-12-22T20:22:00.000-08:00

A very good friend of mine, Peter Hanegraaf whom I met in Pasadena, built a customized easel for me back in 1998. I remember when I spoke to him about it, he just jotted down a few notes and asked a few questions about what I wanted in design. All I wanted was an easel that could spin around and turn upside down because I liked to paint upsides down sometimes, especially when I get stuck creatively. A few weeks later, he surprised me with the beautiful easel mounted on a lazy susan. It is adjustable to accomadate small and large canvases and it also has a 'hand brake' to lock to whatever angle I set my canvas at.

It is now 2008, very close to 2009 and I am finally able to mount this easel onto my studio wall! I had it done tonight and I am very eager to use it. Why did it take so long for me to mount it? I am currently living in a house where my studio is finally big enough to accommodate a spinning wall mounted easel! Ten years, three cities and 4 children later I finally have this beautiful easel up and ready to go! I'm naming this the 'Hanegraaf Easel', after Peter. Peter, if you are reading this, you are a good man. Oh by the way, Peter built this for me free of charge. Good man indeed.

Latest Paintings

2008-12-17T23:13:00.000-08:00

A gallery in Idaho called and was interested in seeing if my paintings will do well with their clients. And so I am sending these latest paintings. The train painting is an image I have done already, but trains always seem to do well so I gave it another whirl. Let's hope this gallery will be willing to take me on and represent me. It could never hurt to be represented in another state!

Red Car on Lift / 14" x 12" / oil on wood
Union Pacific 21 / 14" x 12" / oil on wood

Santa Monica Freeway 002

2008-11-17T15:55:00.000-08:00

Here's my second take on an earlier painting I did of the 10 Freeway in L.A. I wasn't quite satisfied with how the first painting turned out (See post on 9/7/2008).

Finished with a Alizarin/Transparent Orange glaze, then a Transparent Earth Yellow glaze and lastly a Ultramarine Blue/Burnt Umber glaze on the bottom half, all with drying times in between.

Need to crate this up tonight and hopefully make it in for our annual Holiday Show!

72" x 14" / Oil on canvas

Hover Cycle

2008-11-11T21:47:00.001-08:00

I haven't posted any concept art for a very long time, even though I do it everyday. Thought I'sd post a line drawing of a vehicle concept art I did for a science fiction writer about 6 months ago.

Laundromat 008

2008-11-06T09:34:00.000-08:00

I have been working alot of overtime at work and just moved into another house. It is just in the last 2 weeks that I feel like I'm starting to settle into my new studio. So forgive me for the inactivity on my blog, but here is my latest painting just completed.
14" x 12" / oil on panel

Union Pacific 020

2008-09-15T21:47:00.000-07:00

My wife was dissappointed after I did my usual finishing glazes on this painting. According to her I lost some of the original vibrant colors. For some reason, I like to add a layer of grunge to all my paintings, and yes, I do lose some of the freshness every time i do it. I've always thought this was strange of me to do this considering I grew up in beautiful Hawaii. But then again, I did grow up in Kalihi which wasn't so beautiful part of Oahu. Those that know Honolulu who might be reading, you know what I'm talking about...

Anyways, the glazes that I concocted for this painting was a mixture of Sap Green and Burnt Umber on the ground and a mixture of Indian Yellow and Transparent Orange on the top half. Oil on canvas / 27" x 17"

White Pickup On Lift

2008-09-07T15:44:00.001-07:00

14" x 12", oil on wood.