This is an early winter landscape painting, done on the foothills Mt. Diablo. In a month or two, the rains will turn the landscape green again, but for now the tule fogs make the distance blue and violet.
Only the orange leaves of the oaks relieve the cool grey of the scene.
Mt. Diablo Foothills, Oil on Linen (mounted on panel), 24″ x 30″
The painting in the studio…
