Dana Meadows and Mammoth Peak - Yosemite Painting

I cannot get enough of this place. We drove up to Tuolumne during the long weekend and it was beautiful. Missed my easel & canvas but had my camera. Here is my new painting based on a reference shot that I took during the trip.

Done on a 11 X 14 Canvas with WMO. The mountain and some of the trees in the meadow are done impasto style with knife. Sky and the clouds are done with brush. This is the first painting in the high country series that I intend to work on this summer.

Here is the painting,


Here is the reference photo,

Beach day @ Carmel, CA

Here is my latest painting , based on a reference shot that I took in Carmel beach of my daughter & her aunt. I went back to acrylic to do this. The sand & reflections are done in a watered down paint to get the watercolor look & feel.



Done on a 11 X 14 canvas with Acrylic. Hope you like it.

Happy Father's day !

Happy Father's day to all the dads out there.

Here is to my wonderful husband and an awesome dad. Painted from a photo shot during one of those rare moments when an independent 8 year old let him hold her hands :-).



Done on a 8 X 10 canvas with Water mixable Oil.

San Francisco Nights

I love watching skyscrapers at night. Fortunate to live close to this beautiful city - here is San Francisco at night. Lighting up those buildings tooks more time than I anticipated, but I am finally going to call this done. This painting is on a 18X24 canvas with water mixable oils.

Finished painting

Details on the buildings and reflections

More details on the buildings

Details on the water - done with the impressionist brush strokes

Merced river cascade - Painting with WIP

Time for more rocks and water. I did this WIP based on the reference picture that I took during my Yosemite trip. Sorry for the poor quality of the WIP photos - been working on this at night after work and wanted to document the progress. Done on a 11 X14 canvas with water mixable oils. Hope you like it.

Here is the reference picture


Stage 1 : Underpainting with two acrylic colors - Pyroline Orange & Diox purple



Stage 2: Started on Water Soluble oil - Worked on Rocks & Trees



Stage 3 : Here is the finished paitning



More details on the rocks and water

Sunset Creek

Sunset Creek - 5 x 7 Canvas Panel, Water Soluble Oil painting.
Done for the monthly landscape challenge on WetCanvas.

Beached Boat

Beached Boat - 5 x 7 Canvas Panel, Water Soluble Oil painting

Done for the monthly landscape challenge on WetCanvas.