Sunday, December 02, 2007


I clipped a rough watercolor block to my steering wheel and sketched this scene of the San Francisco bay. It was kind of upsetting to see 30 or so haz-mat workers cleaning the rocky shoreline with oil soaked rags in the nearby harbor. Our recent oil spill was a real wake up call about how fragile everything is. The conditions were windy with some sprinkles, so I worked in my mini studio aka the car.

7 comments:

Unknown said...

wow beautiful...cold huh

Tom Scholes said...

Wow, amazing values and temperatures. Fantastic composition too, it dominates my eyes :O

Marc said...

Great mood and colors. Your commitment to painting from life is admirable. The MacGyver-like steering wheel easel was a clever solution.

Hmmm...so you paint during the baby's nap and in your car. I guess I don't have any excuses not to practice.

Thanks for the inspiration!

Ramsés Meléndez said...

Almost I can smell the rain! great!

- said...

great mood :D

Dave McNeal said...

Ah the colors!!!!

Lena said...

Greetings! This it great!! Very artly!Good-bye! Elena.