Mini-Masterpieces Show starts November 13, 2015

Here a few works in progress for the show...

Lake Merritt at 18th

Night at the Trib

Sunset over Port of Oakland

New completed painting:

Acrylic on canvas, triptych, 96" x 24"

Pop-up Studio

For larger works, it's easier to setup an outdoors studio, on-the-fly, with available tools. This was my work space last weekend for a triptych I'm painting. It was all good, even with squirrels providing unsolicited critique, until the gardeners came to mow-and-blow...
    

Works with kid chair seating, painting facing North. 

Made with ladders and clamps.

Sitting at the Cafe, minding my business...

when I noticed the guy at the next table pulled out a sketchbook and was drawing me. It turns out he was an architect named Ed, owns his architecture firm, and does this for fun.

Thanks Ed for a nice sketch and keep it up. 

Rehearsal night at Paramount Theater

Our violin instructor got us into the Paramount Theater to watch the Oakland Orchestra rehearse for their next performance. We were lucky to watch Kenneth Renshaw play his heart out...