Warming at the Window
It was an unusually cold San Diego New Years Day in 2017. Yes, I know we’re spoiled, but still...

I'll be the first to admit, I often paint from photographs. Not all of us can hire models or travel to exotic places and have the equipment to capture fantastic underwater photography. But something changes when you begin to let the watercolor interpret what you see, and it becomes something else.
This painting is based on a photo by photographer and surfer Daniel William Fryer of TheSurfingPhotog.com. You will see this photo all over the internet without attribution; see the original here.
Fire and Ice was inspired by one of Val Vieira's (formerly Frey) epic duck dives, the fire of the sun like a lava flow behind her and the cool depths of mother ocean extinguishing the flames.
It was an unusually cold San Diego New Years Day in 2017. Yes, I know we’re spoiled, but still...
We live in a throw-away world, one we are leaving for our children and grandchildren to inherit. The...
I never get tired of San Diego sunsets, or the slow declines that lead up to them as the sun makes i...
Not a lot to say about this little resident of Madagascar other than how cool they look, which is wh...