Some landscapes

I can only hope the weather warms up again soon for some more landscape painting while I have the time and the light. The wind in San Francisco can take the fun out of standing in one place for a few hours. The locations I choose are often determined by presence of sun and lack of wind (and maybe the proximity of a restroom). I suspect that if i were to drive 20 miles north, south, or east, this wouldn't be an issue. I know that serious landscape painters would laugh at my thin skinned approach - bourgie bourgeois, a pleasant picnic in a pretty place with nice weather. Ahh the life!

I do want the paintings to have a pleasant seriousness about them. In contemplating form from nature and the thing we call 'art', i hope to capture more than a picture of a place.

Presidio - Lovers Lane Tree, 2009, oil on canvas 20 x 16 inches

Presidio - Grove Receding, 2009, oil on canvas 20 x 16 inches