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Crumbling cliffs in my studio

A detail of my fresco painting of coastal a cliff, Sonoma County CA– in progress. Natural pigments on a fresco secco panel made of burlap and plaster. The striations of color and patterns of erosion, horizontal planes turned to vertical: to a geologist these...

fresco panel: ocean

looking down at the ocean from a cliff, Sonoma County CA fresco secco panel This is a detail of a larger fresco secco panel. The colors are natural earth and mineral pigments, white is the plaster underneath. Finished? Possibly. I joke that someone has to stop me,...

Big Sur, CA

Big Sur, CA fresco secco: mineral pigments on plaster and roughspun burlap panel miniature (4″ x 5″)
Seeing spots: recent murals

Seeing spots: recent murals

I completed two indoor murals in August, private commissions in northern California. I exploded my sketches to cover a total of 48 sq ft… still seeing spots. These both have extended landscapes, stretching out on either side of the close-ups shown here. Great to...
sketchbook: late summer

sketchbook: late summer

Hazelnuts, a sketch in watercolor, colored pencil and graphite The squirrels are cleaning up under a hazelnut tree. Just a few left– KA