Three Giants From Sequoia National Forest
This painting is called “Three Giants,” and is a continuation of my exploration of imagery I picked up in Sequoia National Forest. I aim to show not just a realistic …
This painting is called “Three Giants,” and is a continuation of my exploration of imagery I picked up in Sequoia National Forest. I aim to show not just a realistic …
“Summer Afternoon” shows a thick forest lit by glowing sunlight, the sun low in the sky. This painting was made using the same reference photo, which I took in Big Basin Redwoods …
This large-scale piece is one of my biggest projects of this spring, and in person, it is epic. It makes me feel like I’m really standing in this forest. The painting …
Here is Bright Woods, 3′ wide by 4′ tall–about 122 x 99 cm, for those who read in metric. I determined the basic composition for this large-scale painting in an …
Here’s another huge oil painting of the redwood forest–Trees in the Morning, 48″ x 36″. I’ve been skirting the line between realism and impressionism/fantasy–making choices about whether to paint the …
Here is Peaceful Forest. The light of the low sun permeates this redwood forest. Unlike a lot of my forest paintings, which are from the vantage point of below, looking …
Here is “Powerful Redwoods,” one of five small redwood forest paintings I’ll be shipping out from my studio in California as soon as they’re fully dry. They’re on their way …
As I was painting this, I kept coming back to the thought that this beautiful redwood tree standing alone in the bright sky with its branches splayed out elegantly all around …
Two small studies completed today–both of these are potentially to be used as the basis for future larger paintings. It can help to work out all the problems and decisions …
I am using the small color studies I’ve been doing as references for larger paintings now. I am planning several 48″ x 36″ paintings–here is the first. Forest Light. The …