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...

Rancho San Diego Library, El Cajon, CA

I have 19 paintings at the Rancho San Diego library in El Cajon for the month of April (2010) as I am the featured artist again. If you didn’t get to see my collages at the Porter Hall in La Mesa, well, here’s your chance to view them at this library....

The Rose on the Cross

It’s Easter morning and I’m thinking of a watercolor that I was commissioned to do for the poetry book my friend had published. Wings of the Wind, by Diana Taylor. She is so talented with words and I am very amazed at the way she can put together such...

‘Neath Texas Stars, Yetive H. Dean

I can remember when I was young and living in that big house upon the hill in Pomona, CA.  My pastor’s wife, Naomi Hill had recommended a book to me. It was called ‘Neath Texas Stars, a romance type of book, of which I am not a fan of such books, but this...

May Co. to Macy’s

I had just taken my daughter to her class at San Diego State and then went to the mall in Mission Valley, but May Co. wasn’t open yet. I noticed a little old lady waiting on the bench by the store and when I took a closer look at her while I was waiting in my...

I-163 View in San Diego

One of my favorite perspectives to use in my paintings is the upper view. After living in the flat swamps for ten years, not able to see beyond the trees, I find it very interesting to look up and see what is up above the trees now that I live in the San Diego area....

Campo Rd. Spring Va. CA view

The first five years we were back in California we attended Faith Chapel in Spring Valley, and they had this darling little chapel down on the lower part of the property and up above that area was this little yellow house that I selected to do a painting of.  The day...

Washington Ave. at Magnolia Ave. in El Cajon, CA

A long time ago there used to be a flower cart on the corner of Washington and Magnolia in El Cajon, CA. I took a picture of it so I could do a painting of it and showed it to the man who worked at the cart, but he wasn’t interested in the painting. I decided to...

Eureka!

When our family moved back to California (1982), and we got settled, my daughter and I would spend a lot of time at the local library. While she looked around for things to check out, I came across some books about California which looked so good to me since I had...

Summers Past Farm Secret Garden

One day I was in the Secret Garden at Summers Past Farm, where I go to paint. It is a very pleasant place to visit if you like country gardens and relaxing places. They have a herb garden and a lavender field and all kinds of things that give you a nice retreat area...