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  Wailuku Blues, 12 x 24 inches, oil on linen sold     Maui Plein Air Invitational 2019   This is my best effort at this year's Maui Invitational. Again, I went looking for local flavors, away from tourists. I found a little town of Wailuku near Kahului, and it's just what I wanted; where local people lived their real and unflashy lives. There were older buildings and grittier alleys, and bars where beer is cheap.    I was actually looking for a small side street that I painted last year. I didn't remember where it was or how to get there, so I drove around and around - [...]

  Island Breakfast, 8 x 16 inches, oil on linen sold     Maui Plein Air Painting Invitational 2019   This is my Quickdraw. The scheduled timed paint-out was held at the Royal Lahaina Resort, where we also had the gala and the big exhibition. As you can imagine, many of the artists painted views of the beach with palm trees, or the beautiful sky over Lanai or Molokai.    I, again, being contrarian, decided I didn't want to paint beaches or palm trees or the ocean. I went to the hotel's restaurant and ordered a bowl of fruit and proceeded to paint it.    The manager of the restaurant was [...]

  A Short Commute, 12 x 9 inches, oil on linen sold     Maui Plein Air Painting Invitational 2019.   On a path to the beach where local surfers come and go. My paintings usually don't see this much blue in them. Even if I'm in a tropical place like Maui, it doesn't necessarily mean I'll use a lot of blue - when I look at my Maui efforts from last year, I wonder what came over me this year.    May be I was just in a more colorful mood? I dunno.    For you painters wondering what's on my palette, I had;  Ultramarine Blue Viridian (I see this as a greenish leaning blue) Payne's [...]

  Standing Tall, 16 x 24 inches, oil on linen This painting is available - please contact me for more information.     Maui Plein Air Painting Invitational 2019.   Standing Tall, is the largest piece I did during the 9 - day plein air event. In fact, I think it's the largest painting I've ever done en plein air. I usually only do small studies outside, so this was a bit of a challenge I set out for myself.          I do plenty of larger format paintings in the studio, so I wasn't worried about being able to do it if I had enough time. Painting outside, of course, means limited time because [...]

        Five O'Clock Somewhere, 12 x 12 inches, oil on linen This painting is available. Please contact me for more information.     Maui Plein Air Painting Invitational.    This painting was done during the second scheduled paint-out, (there were three) held at the Montage Kapalua Bay Resort. The 23 painters were spread out on the beautiful grounds, some painting the coastal views with iconic palms, and some sketched a beautiful Hawaiian model in traditional apparel.          I, of course, being a contrarian, decided to face my easel the other direction and painted the bar. I actually painted this bar last year, but with a different format, palette, and composition. Last [...]

      Shady Alley (Behind Pioneer Inn), 12 x 12 inches, oil on linen This painting is available - Please contact me if you're interested!      Maui Plein Air Painting Invitational 2019.    The event kicked off with a paint out at the Lahaina Harbor area, where there are a variety of motifs to paint, from fishing boats, to the historic buildings, to the West Maui Mountains. I decided to paint this nondescript alleyway behind Pioneer Inn because I really liked the local flavor this view offered a lot more than the more colorful and touristy sunny side of the harbor/park.        Because this was a scheduled paint out, we [...]

      Mai Tai Sunrise, 8 x 16 inches, oil on linen sold     During my stay in Maui, I got to stay in a house with a million dollar view. I slept in a bedroom where the entire side of the room opened up to this view, so of course I slept with the wall/door/windows wide open.   The sherbet skies in the mornings were so refreshing and delicious, I just had to paint them. I hardly needed to get out of bed to do this one. The atmospherics obscure them in this depiction, but the islands of Lanai and Molokai are visible from my eyrie.     [...]

    An Afternoon Lull, 12 x 16 inches, oil on linen Available - If you're interested in adding this painting to your collection, please contact me for more information.      Maui Plein Air Painting Invitational, 2019.  This was painted in Lahaina. I was set up in a park, and the sketch was going pretty well.  About an hour into it, the lawn sprinklers suddenly came on! I was standing about 3 feet from it so I got blasted from point blank range.   Soaked from head to toe, I had to scramble to move my easel out of the water's way. The painting and the easel and [...]

    Sunbathers, 12 x 24 inches, oil on linen Winner, Honu / Frida's Award, Maui Plein Air Painting Invitational, 2019   Available - please don't hesitate to contact me for more information   Painted during this year's Maui Plein Air Painting Invitational.   On the day I had planned to head out to the other side of the island to try and paint the sea turtles, it rained. A relentless downpour all day, so my plan had to be scrapped. The next day, the forecast said it would be clear only in the morning, so I rushed out to Ho'okipa beach, and sure enough, a dozen honu were already settled [...]