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on July 08, 2013

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‘It’s not what you look at that matters, it’s what you see.’

Henry David Thoreau

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San Gabriel Mountains Landscape

Changing Landscape Series Approaching Rain Oils on canvas board 8" x 10"

Majorelle Blue Mountains

Majorelle Blue Mountains Acrylics on canvas. 8" x 10" 7//21/2018 Angeles National Forest, San Gabriel Mountains and Sierra Pelona Mountains within Los Angeles County in southern California. Majorelle Blue Majorelle Blue is a very intense, clear blue pigment inspired by the lapis blue used in antiquity. Lapis. a semiprecious stone was so expensive that most artists were unable to purchase it to make their pigments. In 1924 French artist Jacques Majorelle inspired by the beautiful blue Moroccan textiles and adobes came up with a formula obtaining this same blue pigment for oil paints, to decorate fountains, pathways and details throughout his "Majorelle Garden" in Marrakech, Morocco. Lapis Lazuli Stone Majorelle Garden. Marrakech, Morocco.

"State of Mind"

"State of Mind" Acrylic on canvas 18" x 24" State of Mind : The process of acquiring knowledge by the use of reasoning, intuition, or perception Several of you have asked about this painting. At first glance, I would agree it is different in many ways to my previous work. I often speak of moments in my life which looking back, I liken them to a bridge signaling a change of course on my journey. While working on this painting I knew intuitively that I had come upon such a moment. The painting I was working on was going nowhere. I realized I was looking back, remembering as I often do when I paint, when all the while life was compelling me to look forward. It is the contrast and balance between the two. It's an awakening; it's about being open to charting a new course. Allowing the "winds of change" one might say, to take me toward that wi

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