#29, #30 and #31 best photos from 2018.

#27 and #28 of my best 31 photos of 2018

Nicasio in winter

#24, #25 and #26 of 31 of my best 2018 photos

All shot on the road between San Anselmo and Petaluma while visiting Sam in Petaluma Post Acute Rehab center.

#20, #21, #22 and #23 of my 31 best 2018 photos

#19 of 31 of my best 2018 photos

South Beach in Pt. Reyes National Seashore

#18 of 31 of my best 2018 photos

A foggy day at Limantour beach and estero.

#17 of 31 best of my 2018 photos

The fabulous Taylor Twins in the hotel pool in Oakland before Rachel and Court's wedding

#16 or 31 best of 2018 photos

Double exposure shot in the garden in Albion

#15 of 31 Best 2018 Photos

Nearly half way through December and my 31 day wrap up of the best photos I took in 2018.  This is another shot taken in Carmel by the Sea but is a composite of 3 separate photos.

#14 of my top 31 photos taken in 2018

Carmel by the Sea.  Photo taken while daughter Amber ran the Big Sur Marathon.  The Crow eating beach goers was added later in Photoshop.

#13 of 31 best photos of 2018

Suburbia Pink Garden Flowers

A Rose by any Other Name ... #12 of 31 best 2018 photos.

Neighborhood red rose in San Anselmo. 

#11 of 31 best 2018 Photographs

Beautiful oasis in Briones Regional Park:  https://www.ebparks.org/parks/briones/

#10 of 31. Bocce Balls in the Rain

Shot in Lodi.

December has 31 days: Here is image #9 of 31 to celebrate the end of 2018

Blur photo of paint samples at Home Depot in Seattle.  A little experiment in abstract photography.

#8 of 31 best photos of 2018

Texture and pattern of a retaining wall shot in Seattle combined with an Apophysis software rendered fractal.

Number 7 of 31 best photos of 2018 shot by me.

Count down continues til the end of the year.  This modern suburbia house is one of many bungalows I photographed in and around San Anselmo this year.

#6 of 31 best photos of 2018 by me

Mustard fields of West Marin

#5 of 31 best photos by me in 2018.

Zip it up!

#4 of 31 Best of 2018 Photographs

Winter leaves photo shot in San Anselmo January 2018.  Part of my suburbia series.

Year End Wrap Up: First 3 of 31 Best Photos of 2018

Will post one a day until 12/31/2018 but need to play catch up:  Top to bottom:
1.  Sherman's reflection in Galapagos rock.  Photo composite
2.  Boat in Bolinas, reminded me of Peter Doig's painting "Canoe-Lake" https://www.saatchigallery.com/artists/peter_doig.htm
3.  King tide in Bolinas, shot in January 2018.

A Trio of Digital Window Paintings

Top to Bottom:

Belize Water Sports and Marin Window merged:  Two separate Decembers, two separate years

Marin Window with GrutBrush Clouds & Rain

Marin Window (with Adobe KYLE brushes adding a variety of graffiti)

Little Gull: Lost at Sea

Starting a new Kindle kid's picture book with old Illustrator CS5 vector art.  Laborious, but a nice hobby to pursue while I'm nursing husband back to health after staph sepsis.

New Artwork done in Portland

Top to Bottom:
Two drawings with colored pencil on 6x9 black paper
1.  Riley on my Lap
2.  Sunflower in Vase (a common theme)

Three pen & ink and watercolor paintings on 9x12
1.  Weightless - inspired by a 1955 untitled ink on paper work by Diebenkorn seen at the Portland Museum
2.  Wilson with his Watch:  Not a good likeness at all, except for the watch
3.  Clear Zone - not a happy painting, perhaps a premonition of bad health issues currently being managed

California Sunshine Quilt

Finally finished my mega quilt!  80 individual photographs printed on fabric and woven into the quilt using an original plaid design.  Photos of my artist wooden models were used as templates for the four characters, which were then appliqued onto silk swatches using some cool Martha Negley designed fabric.  They looked a bit naked, even after adding the birds, so I later added bathing suits with a fabric I designed and printed.  The quilt is so big (74 1/4" h x 66 3/4" w) I had to do it in three sections then sew the sections together at the end.  What's going on in this quilt, you ask?  Well, I love California, I love the sun, I love taking photos in my neighborhood on sunny days, and I love birds. 

Red Bird in Plaid Landscape

New mixed media piece 14"w x 11 1/4"h.  Paper collage with photo of drought dry California soil and wild grass cut up into a plaid pattern and glued on watercolor paper.  Paper, digital photograph print, watercolor, gouache, acrylic. 

Bluebird of Happiness Mixed Media Artwork

I thought I'd create some interesting art with grandsons Wilson and Cole Taylor when they were visiting, but Wilson only drew a few items on this sheet of 24" w x 18" h watercolor paper.  The twins were too busy playing in the creek to do much art.  Now that I've finally finished the latest quilt (with eighty separate 2 1/2" x 2 1/2" photos appliqued into it) - more on that later, I thought I'd follow whatever quirky thing manifested itself and do some more work on paper.  I ended up with this mixed media piece which includes pencil, graphite, ink, watercolor, gouache, acrylic and various papers, including some old printed photos.  It represents a lifetime of seeking the Bluebird of Happiness.

Three Moon Shots from my Backyard

Neighbor's house with moons shot July, 2018, January 2018 and May 2012.  The little dot mixed in with the tree silhouette on the right is Mars shot July 27, 2018 with the moon.

The Universe Continues to Amaze Me!

The moon and mars in the same photo, handheld, last night. 

Something Kooky

"Bird Girl," a little acrylic and oil painting on 8x10 fabric on board.  Repainting old never finished work sometimes takes an unusual turn.

Pool Party

Repainting Old Artworks

There is nothing quite so fun as doing something over.  Top to Bottom:
1.  Pink Flamingo with Yellow Roses:  This started out as 3 separate photos, one shot in the Galapagos, on in my garden and another who knows where (Berkeley Botanical Garden?).  These were composited and printed on the exceptional paper Kozo Dbl Layer and glued on a cradled board 8x10.  I just painted over it with gouache and acrylic.  I like it better now.
2.  In March 2011 I shot a brick pattern in Seattle that I later printed on fabric and glued onto a 8x10 board.    Finally got around to painting it with gouache, acrylic and enamel.
3.  I took a photo from the top of Mt. Tamalpais during a photography class in 2016 at dusk and printed it out on quality paper 13x19.  Kind of boring!  I just painted in a large crow landing with some other gouache highlights.