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 …
Summer Afternoon & Bathed in Sunlight
“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 …
Majestic Giants
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 …
Bright Woods
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 …
Trees in the Morning
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 …
Peaceful Forest
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 …
Powerful Redwoods
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 …
Study of Her Majesty
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 …
2 Oil Studies of Redwood Trees
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 …
Forest Light
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 …