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Northern California painter creating semi-abstract images from the Marin landscape, the bay, the beach and its people.

In the early stages, but kind of happy with the op

In the early stages, but kind of happy with the openness. I usually don’t like posting WIP but this feels like it needs capturing now.
🏷️ figurative painting today, art in progress, @icb_art

This painting captures what I think is so elusive,

This painting captures what I think is so elusive, but I keep searching for it and trying to convey this idea: nothing is fixed, everything is fleeting. Grounded elements contrast with fluid ones, resulting in images that are simultaneously static and dissolving, solid and ethereal. This is my manifesto I suppose! Although this painting is a real fluke, I know it’s trying to teach me something and I won’t part with it too quickly. (When I say it’s a fluke, do you see the upside down face in her dress?)

🏷️ Figurative painting, contemporary mixed media art, abstracting the figure, Marin artist, Bay Area figurative movement, art curator, @icb_art

This is not the painting I set out to make. I got

This is not the painting I set out to make. I got carried away, frustrated, annoyed and now here I am. I am calling it “Drama Queen” 48x36. I like how it punches up the @artroomsapp room settings.

🏷️modern art, contemporary art, abstracted landscape, interior design, color inspiration, Northern California art, Sausalito waterfront

Coastal comfort. More rocks on the beach. New pain

Coastal comfort. More rocks on the beach. New painting with oil pigment sticks, 60x40

Beyond Abstraction show opening reception July 5 @

Beyond Abstraction show opening reception July 5 @sausalito_center_for_the_arts 5pm-7:30. Come join us! These are just a few my works being exhibited.

I love how the frame works to focus the image. All

I love how the frame works to focus the image. All the subtleties inside seem to pop more. Kind of like listening to music in a dark space, especially when driving at night.

48x60 oil available through @stephaniebreitbardfinearts

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Abstract landscape
Soft color Contemporary art
Art curation

A little tour of the beach people, a lovely day to

A little tour of the beach people, a lovely day to remember. One of life’s little pleasures.

Manet at the Beach(?).Titles aren’t my strong su

Manet at the Beach(?).Titles aren’t my strong suit, so let me know if anything more meaningful jumps out at you. It’s a rather large piece, 60x72. Once it dries, it’s heading to @kennedycontemporary in Newport Beach, CA, where they know a lot about beaches.

#figurativepaintings #coastalart #atthebeach #largeartwork #californiadreaming🌴 #bayareafigurative #icbartists #marinopenstudios

One of my new favorites, and I can’t even say wh

One of my new favorites, and I can’t even say why. Just a mystery. 36x48.

#abstractpainting #movingparts #softpalette #gentlecolors #studiovisit #bayareaartist #icbartist #sfartist #marinartist #interiordesignideas💡 #artcurator

Thank you to wonderful collectors (now good friend

Thank you to wonderful collectors (now good friends) who commissioned this piece. Happy anniversary!

#contemporaryart #landscapepaintings #abstractlandscape #colorinspiration #westmarin #bayareaartist #icbartist #paintingcommission

These women will be hanging with me during Mill Va

These women will be hanging with me during Mill Valley’s First Tuesday Artwalk tonight. Drop by the Depot downtown 5:30-7 to join us for a glass of wine and enjoy the group exhibit curated by @sallyacote . The show remains up through July.

#figurativepaintings #portraits #anthropolgieinspired #icbartists #artcuration #millvalley #firsttuesday #artwalk

This is a recently reworked 60x48 which pushed me

This is a recently reworked 60x48 which pushed me back into strong color. (My last painting was super soft and minimalist—so it’s another example of the swinging pendulum!) It’s a very Marin scene, but maybe everyone can identify with hiking the hills.

#landscapepaintings #contemporyart #marinlandscapes #green #colorinspiration

This is “A Whisper” 40x40. Serene and soothing

This is “A Whisper” 40x40. Serene and soothing, something to calm the nerves! Whenever I paint something like this, I know my next step will be to make a piece wildly crazy and chaotic, because that’s just the way my pendulum swings.

#landscapeart #coastalart #contemporary_art #rocks #sandybeach #interiordesignideasforhomedecor #artcurator #colorstudy #icbartists #marinopenstudios

A few of the many characters developed in a recent

A few of the many characters developed in a recent @blackpondstudio online course given by painter @elizabethreagh — which all began with quick sketches from @drawingisfree_org Monday zoom sessions. So many resources out there, tons of talent to learn from and lessons to absorb. Not sure where I’m going, but that’s okay.

#figurativepaintings #portraits #contemporaryportraiture #onlineartclasses #artcommunity #sausalitoartists

I’ll be welcoming studio visits this weekend, be

I’ll be welcoming studio visits this weekend, beginning with a Preview Reception Fri 5-8pm, then Sat and Sun 11-5pm. There will be 50 studios open at @icb_art so I hope you can stop by and enjoy the scenery. We are all participating in the county-wide @marinopenstudios event that takes place annually. For an overview, you can check out all the artists’ work and pick up tour guides at @sausalito_center_for_the_arts

#openstudios #contemporaryart #marinartist #interiordesigninspiration #sausalito

This coming Sunday April 27, please join me for St

This coming Sunday April 27, please join me for Stephanie Breitbard Fine Arts @stephaniebreitbardfinearts open house at their Menlo Park CA gallery from 12-3pm. If you’re in the area, I would love to see you. Address is 779 Santa Cruz Ave Menlo Park. (This painting is Traverse, 24x24.) There will be lots of other contemporary work and a fun street to explore.

#siliconvalleyliving #menlopark #gallerystroll #galleryopenhouse #bayareaartist #sfpeninsula

New! Happy Place 40x40. Looking forward to showing

New! Happy Place 40x40. Looking forward to showing it in my studio @icb_art the first weekend in May for the @marinopenstudios event. Over 250 artists will be open throughout the county. Samples from each are being shown at @sausalito_center_for_the_arts beginning later this week, where visitors can pick up their tour guides. As an added bonus, @icb_art will be open for a Preview Reception Fri May 2 (5-8p) hosted by the 50 participating artists. So please come! I’m in Studio 300 on the Third Floor of ICB/ART located near the waterfront in Sausalito.

#openstudios #marinopenstudios #icbartists #artshowcase #sausalitocenterforthearts #contemporaryartwork #abstractlandscape #colorpalette #interiorstyling #artroomsapp

Mixing @rfpaints oil pigment sticks directly on th

Mixing @rfpaints oil pigment sticks directly on the canvas. Thank you @adelesypesteyn for catching me at work. If you watch til the end you’ll get a glimpse of the studio on a pretty gray day. I’ll be open the first weekend in May for @marinopenstudios at @icb_art and hoping we get a bit more sunshine by then. Of course, my third floor studio will be a bit cleaner for visitors.

#marinopenstudios #icbartists #contemporaryart #oilstick #colorinspiration #sausalito

Return of the rocks—a recurring theme. Going bac

Return of the rocks—a recurring theme. Going back to this subject keeps me grounded in a way. It reminds me what is important to capture, and what is superfluous.

#marinopenstudios #icbartists #sausalito #coastalliving #watersedge #colorinspiration #artcuration #landscapepaintings #rfpaints

If you know what a palate cleanser is, that’s ho

If you know what a palate cleanser is, that’s how I categorize this new 36x48 painting. It’s bright, uncomplicated (yet sophisticated!), not too demanding. I think it feels fresh but still interesting. A break from the news anyway.

#landscapepainting #contemporarylandscape #marinartist #marinopenstudios #icbartists #bayareaartist #colorinspiration #rfpaintsticks

How great is this life?!

How great is this life?!

This short clip highlights both my process and wha

This short clip highlights both my process and what I’m trying to say with my work. In a nutshell, I feel the exchange of energy is real and is all around us. Change is inevitable. Fixed elements contrast with fluid ones—areas become both solid and ethereal, grounded and dissolving at the same time. This is true of all my subjects, whether it’s a figure or a rock, a landscape or pure abstraction.

Thanks to @hthvidphoto for capturing in this brief, one-minute video what I’m thinking while I’m painting in the studio. Although I have incredible views to the bay from my windows, I’m almost always facing away and focused on the wall where I work.

#contemporaryart #studiovisit #womenpainters #bayareaartist #sausalito #rfpigmentsticks #colorinspiration #artcurators #paintingtoday #figurativeartwork #landscapepaintings #marinartists #marinopenstudios

Earth.48x48. Can’t wait to see this framed and h

Earth.48x48. Can’t wait to see this framed and hanging somewhere. Worked on it in between more figurative explorations, but this to me feels like another living thing.

#abstractexpressionist #earthpainting #artcuration #theworld #sanfranciscoart #bayarea #rfpaints #nonrepresentationalart #interiorspaces #interiordecor #icbartist

Tried to capture something more real this time—

Tried to capture something more real this time— balancing mystery with moments of clarity. 36x36.

#figurativepaintings #seatedpose #contemporaryart #marinartist #sanfranciscoart #artadvisory #abstractportrait

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