Tuesday, February 19, 2008

Lost in the Santa Cruz Mountains




Wintertime 1908 Winter Time 2008 Rivertime Wintertime Everytime. Muddy mountain water going 10 miles to rivermouth to make those dandy sand-bars right off the point at the beach going left and right and washing down the coast to fill up the yacht harbor and build up off the jetty and make those hot harbor shacks.

Sunday, December 10, 2006

Christmas Horn


Aceo
Watercolor

Sailing At Night


Aceo
Watercolor

Friday, December 01, 2006

Floral Painting with vase


Aceo
Watercolor

Tuesday, November 28, 2006

Blue Vase with Roses



Red roses say I love you.
Yellow roses say good-by.
Aceo
Sold on ebay....

...But that yellow rose


It's like,"let's be friends". It only takes one.
Aceo

2.5 by 3.5

Watercolor

Wednesday, November 22, 2006

HIGH AND DRY


Sometimes everything is ready to go but what's gonna float that perfectly good boat?
ACEO
2.5INCH BY 3.5 INCH
Watercolor under laquer
original

LOVE IS COLD


Yes it is.

ACEO
3.5 x 2.5 inches
Watercolor under laquer
original

BLUE WAVE


WATERCOLOR ON 140LB PAPER
10 X 14 inchs

Monday, November 20, 2006

ACEO



Every ACEO I sell is matted.
I shrink wrap them because it protects them,
but also, the wrap resembles glass at a tiny scale.
Matted and shrinkwrapped, they are just very, very pretty.
I keep my ACEO's in a basket.
For display, I make tiny easles.
An easle can be quickly and simply made
using chopsticks and white glue.

The Old days of Surfing....


Longboards...
No Crowds..
No leash. So it's bodysurfing
practice.
Watercolor under laquer.
ACEO....2.5 by 3.5 inches
Art Card..Original or Edition
Aceo was created to be a collectable art
form that could fit in a sports card album.
Aceo's are inexpensive, making art collecting
more accessable.
There are more than 15,000 ACEO's for sale on the internet.
Google...ETSY...Artbyus...Ebay...or ACEO

Saturday, November 18, 2006

City


Fiction
Pure fiction
about San Francisco.

Bird and a Bug


San Lorenzo River
It's all there.
Ain't no movie either.

Aceo
Watercolor under laquer.

Totally Closed Out


Go out anyway.
Oh well.
Water color
ACEO...2.5 inch by 3.5 Inch
Art Card, Edition or Original.
For Sale on Ebay.

Tuesday, November 14, 2006

The Red Christmas Candle


When this candle appears,
suddenly you know Christmas is coming.
Aceo
Traditional Watercolor.


THE LOCOMOTIVE OF THE FUTURE
It used to be anyway. It can still go around the world in a half an hour like it did when I was a kid.
ACEO 2.5x3.5
Traditional watercolor on 140lb canson

Thursday, November 09, 2006

Sparky's Mom


That spark plug is no idle
still life. It's real life.
This is where the spark plug
came from. The engine failed
and I had the head on my
kitchen table. All of my
pictures are true stories
from my life.

Tuesday, October 24, 2006

Sparky......


Watercolor on D'arches paper.
Aceo 2.5 x 3.5
This came out of my truck.

A Rose and a Dragon


Watercolor
Aceo

Thursday, October 12, 2006

I ANSWER EMAIL


Most of the time, I see the comments
a day or so after they are posted. I do check
regularly. I will answer email deemed to
be sincere.
The paintings are generally sold on
Ebay. If you want one, I will put it up for auction
for you, or something.

Wednesday, October 11, 2006

RE POST OF COWELLS WAVE



MY BLOG IS NOW SHOWING
COMMENTS AS IT SHOULD......
I TRY TO RESPOND TO AS MANY AS I CAN.
lectric220@aol.com

Friday, October 06, 2006


Aceo watercolor under laquer

Tuesday, October 03, 2006

Floating Trees



I hope you will click on this picture and get the large
version. You can see the detail in this tiny painting.
Colors still not right though.
Aceo 2.5 inch by 3.5 inch
Watercolor under laquer

These very trees do very float above the San Lorenzo River, on a cliff, and hang into the sky, just like the picture. Bay trees. Poison oak below.

With this painting, and all the rest too, but especially this one,
you just can't even see it here. The details of the tiny leaves is simply escaped with the missing
pixels.

Saturday, September 30, 2006

Hammer and nails

Waves and books

Blackbirds in a thicket

Thursday, September 28, 2006

SUMMER WAVE



Watercolor under laquer

Saturday, September 23, 2006

Home Repair


Watercolor under laquer Aceo=2.5 inch x 3.5 inch For Sale

Night time cotton


Watercolor under laquer Aceo Sold

Red Mountain



Watercolor under laquer Aceo 2.5 x 3.5 For Sale on Ebay. An aceo is a trading card size piece of art. There are around 15,000 aceo's for sale on the web. 5000 on ebay alone.

Halloween


Traditional Watercolor Aceo 2.5 inch x 3.5 inch

Saturday, September 16, 2006

Sureal watercolor tree painting



Aceo....2.5 x 3.5 inches...Original Watercolor under laquer. For Sale on Ebay

Wednesday, September 13, 2006

Twin Trees.


Traditional watercolor on paper
ACEO 2.5 inch x 3.5 inch

Night Surf and Naked Girl


That's not really a title.
It's just search terms. It is a description tho'.
Oil painting on pane.
10 in x 24
9/3/06

Hawk painting...


Good Luck and Bad Luck.
Watercolor under laquer
ACEO
for sale on Ebay

Saturday, September 09, 2006

Steinbeck Country...


East of Eden......Indeed, the hot central valley has the beauty that Californians love so much. The heat, the earth colors, the "The rollin golden hills of California" as Utah Phillips put it in his song. There is something here in nothingness and heat that feels good to the bone.
A little traditional watercolor ACEO. 2.5 inches by 3.5 inches....
Sold on Ebay

Watercolor eucalyptus



A big old Eucalyptus....They're so beautiful. The bark is just so magnificent I could hardly consider trying to paint it. This ones near the ocean at natural bridges. The detail on this tiny picture is pretty amazing.
Aceo watercolor on paperboard.
a tiny painting 3.5 inches by 2.5 inches
Sold on ebay.....

Wednesday, September 06, 2006

A Cat in a Tree


Watercolor under laquer
Aceo....2.5 inch x 3.5 inch
Sold to a famous person.....

Old books


Watercolor on paper
Aceo 3.5 x 2.5 inches

Redwing Blackbird


Watercolor on paper....
Aceo 2.5 x 3.5
Sold on Ebay

Sunday, September 03, 2006

You Can Leave a Comment

You Can Leave a Comment. Click anonymous and write something if you like.

No Blue Wave....


Watercolor on slick paper.
3 inches by 8 inches

Surfing wave..Cowells Beach..Santa Cruz, California


Traditional Watercolor
4 inches by 12 inches.

Pears


The view out my kitchen window.
A traditionas watercolor on D'arches 140lb paper.
It's a normal size painting, 10 inches by
20 inches.

Body Surf Spot...It's Beach...Santa Cruz


This is a great off-the-wall wedge for
body-boards and body surfers. Not every
year, but often.
ACEO 3.5 x2.5
Watercolor on Canson 140lb paper.
Sold

Hot Oak Tree


Watercolor under laquer.
ACEO 3.5 x 2.5 inch
Sold on eBay to a famous person.

Little Wave in Santa Cruz


Watercolor on 140lb Canson paper.
ACEO 3.5 x 2.5 inches
Sold on eBay.

Friday, September 01, 2006

Hot Oak Tree


Watercolor under laquer
ACEO 2.5X3.5
Sold on Ebay

Salmon Boat in the night.


A watercolor Aceo 3.5 inches by 2.5 inches
Sold

Saturday, August 26, 2006

A day in the park


Jamie Cane traded two strings of 2000 year old Greek beads for this painting. Jamie is the worlds finest bead trader and seller. Zuma Beach Bead Company. www.not-ltd.com This painting is chinese ink using airbrush and stencil. 8X8 inches

Friday, August 25, 2006

It's beach in the summer


Enamel on masonite
14 x 24

Santa Cruz Surfer



The left side of the pier rarely breaks.
When it does, it's rarely got a frame
that works. When it does, it's thin
and quick.
Traditional watercolor on 140lb
D'arches.
4 X 10 inches. SOLD SATURDAY SEPT 9

New Duck


Watercolor under laquer
Aceo 2.5 inches by 3.5 inches
08/28/06

Condor


Central Valley, Santa Lucia Mountians
Watercolor under laquer
ACEO...2.5 inches by 3.5 inches
08/25/06
Sold

Wednesday, August 23, 2006

Pond Turtle


Steve Mooy found this empty house in the field by the lighthouse. It's watercolor and egg-tempera. Not for sale.

Night waves at the pier


Watercolor under laquer
3.5 by 2.5 inches
Aceo

You can see across the Monterey Bay
to Monterey and Carmel

Palm Street Goodby


Acrylic, latex, enamel, etc.
on sheetrock.
2 ft. by 6ft.
sold

I worked on this while the boss was on the
telephone.

Eucalyptus


Watercolor under laquer
Aceo 2.5 by 3.5 inches

Cold water


Watercolor under laquer
Aceo 2.5 inch by 3.5

Tuesday, August 22, 2006

Late morning path


2.5 inch by 3.5 inch ACEO
Original hand painted
Watercolor under laquer
SOLD

Sunday, August 20, 2006

The Best pictures are mine.


"Ponder"
This is another great one. It belongs to Jackson Dapont
Chinese ink on paper.
2.5 inches by 3.5 inches
ACEO

"South Dakota"
2.5 by 3.5 ACEO
Watercolor under laquer
sold on ebay
(Look for....watercolor rand launer)

Saturday, August 12, 2006

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