Tuesday, December 16, 2008

Happy Holidays to all of you



I will see you next year. Have a wonderful start into 2009.
Until then!

Thursday, December 11, 2008

Holiday Jazz at the Coffee Bar










Thank you all for making this evening so much fun... great people, great location, great music and really cool art. Hope to see you there next year!

Monday, December 1, 2008

Open Studio on December 13, 1-4PM

Come see my tiny new studio with a view!
Bring your coffee and I'll have some double chocolate coconut cookies from my favorite recipe ready. I hope.

So I thought I should be showing all the available new work introduced on the blog earlier, small mostly and framed, as well as some of the mounted photographs & silhouettes. 

The building is pretty interesting, too: AktivSpace on 18th and Treat just opened in 2008. It is a very nice mix of artists and all kinds of other cool ventures- tattoo artists, hair salons, galleries, jewelry studios, unique gift boutiques, writers, music studios etc etc...

I hope to see you there!
Fifth floor right, #508. 1-4PM, 12/13

Enjoy December! (brrr)

...Jazz, Art and the Holidays! You are invited: Dec 6, 7-10PM


(click on flyer to view large)

Join us for a festive evening with live Jazz, wine, snacks and art from a group of 10 artists.
Saturday, December 6 2008
from 7-10PM
Coffee Bar, Mariposa @ Florida
San Francisco.

Sunday, November 30, 2008

my new studio... tiny, but with a view.


I found a very nice new studio at ActivSpace on 18th @ Treat. #508, 5th floor. It is tiny but it has a window and a really nice view of Sutro Tower. The November sunsets so far have been spectacular.

trees at Crissy Field and, finally, NYC


crissy field cypress trees #1
10x8
oil on canvas
fall 2008

crissy field cypress trees #2
7x5
oil on canvas
fall 2008

painted from photos I took in the fog at Crissy Field a while ago.

nyc #1
10x12
oil on canvas
fall 2008

nyc #2
10x12
oil on canvas
fall 2008

this is the beginning of a series of paintings inspired by b/w photos I took when I was in NYC for the very first time... 1999.

Morrison reading room at Doe Library, UC Berkeley

Morrison reading room
oil on canvas
24x36
fall 2008

...the light was so beautiful, I had to capture it. From a photo taken in 2004. 

the City Sky and International Orange series, fall 2008

city sky #2
5x7
oil on canvas

fall 2008, inspired by the industrial neighborhood around my new studio.

city sky #1
12x10
oil on canvas

this series just started... there are at least five more paintings to come.


International Orange #1
8x8
mixed media on canvas

International Orange #2
8x8
mixed media on canvas

Edwardian Hall
8x8
mixed media on canvas
fall 2008

California Street, 20th @ Vermont and another E.Bischoff study

California Street
30x40
oil on canvas
fall 2008



Vermont @ 20th
12 x 9
oak frame
2008
Started out plein air this spring, finished at the studio in fall.


Man  study
10x12
detail study after Elmer Bischoff,
summer 2008



summer




summer #1 - 4
7x5
oil on canvas
fall 2008

Above The Freeway

Above The Freeway
10x8
oil on canvas
summer 2008

plein air... painted above the freeway.

Roof Tops From My House

Roof Top From My House
16x20
oil on canvas
summer 2008


Woman with White Coat

Woman with White Coat
24x24
oil on canvas
fall 2008

Diamond Heights

Diamond Heights
24x24
oil on canvas
fall 2008

Golden Gate Park #2

Golden Gate Park #2
8x10
oil on canvas
spring 2008

painted plein air in Golden Gate Park.

View from Russian Hill

View from Russian Hill
40x30
oil on canvas
spring 2008

Graffiti #4

Graffiti #4
5x7
oil on canvas
summer 2008

painted plein air, 17th street at I-280.

Graffiti #3

Graffiti #3
5x7
oil on canvas

painted plein air at 17th street and I-280.

Behind the Ramp

behind the ramp #2
10x12
oil on canvas
summer 2008

plein air painting, painted on location... behind the Ramp. 

Market @ Gough

Market @ Gough
24x24
oil on canvas
fall 2008

man with newspaper

man with newspaper
8x10
oil on canvas
summer 2008

inspired in part by a photo taken in Wiesbaden, Germany, in spring 2008.

Friday, October 31, 2008