Linda Verdon’s Potting Shed

A friend of mine invited me to come paint her gray potting shed in her gorgeous back yard. She loved the wisteria that was in bloom near the shed and so I got that painted in to her liking. In a few years she decided to paint the shed a different color, this time,...

Big Rock Park, Santee, CA

On a sunny Fall day I captured this scene that exists in a near by area, behind a tennis court in a city park in Santee. The colors were just sizzling and I loved the orange color in this bush by the trail to Cowles Mt.  I don’t even know th name of this...

Heritage Park, San Diego, CA

It was such a surprise when one of my friends showed up at one of my art shows and bought the painting of an old victorian that I painted in Heritage Park, San Diego. She said she just bought the old claw foot bath tub from that white color victorian which was up for...

Lake Jennings at Old Hwy. 80

It took me ten years to get around to it. I took a photo of a residence on Old Hwy. 80 in San Diego county. It was such a nice setting, like the old houses that were around when I was a kid. While I was doing my photoshoot across the street with my telephoto lens, out...

Mission Gorge Rd., Santee, CA

It was a  morning after a very dramatic thunder storm in the night and the dark clouds were still lingering but trying to clear away. I’m driving down the road after visiting my in-laws on Mission Gorge Rd in Santee, CA. (1997) I wish I had a camera in hand,...

Horse Ranch Rancho San Diego, CA

There is a horse ranch along Hwy 94 and you can see San Miguel Mountain in the San Diego area. I was always intrigued by this view and finally got a photo of it. Years later I decided to do an oil painting of the ranch and mountain, but by then the highway was being...