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Summertime Pic It was June 2016.  I was rapidly touring San Francisco the last day of a conference before I needed to get to the airport.  The conference was of a technical nature, but I wanted to capture as many good photos of the city as possible for paintings.  My trek included using public transportation to get to the Telegraph Hill area and climb the hills that were so steep they had steps built in!  I didn't know this before I visited, but was glad for them.  I absolutely love the bay windows of the Bay area!  So charming.  Just painting a [...]

Remembering summertime trips....     Newport, RI, Marina, watercolor   I love marinas, but they are busy and complicated. After a day of touring mind-boggingly ornate mansions and then rounding it up with corn on the cob and buttery lobster, we wandered to the marina. The water was still, the sky was blue and clear, and the photos full of detail. Too much detail. I loved the photos but knew I would get lost leaving me with a painting with no center of interest. But I found it. What do you think of this watercolor?     Banana Republic San Francisco, acrylic   The typical view of San Francisco is hills [...]